{"database":"biostudies-literature","file_versions":[],"scores":null,"additional":{"omics_type":["Unknown"],"volume":["7(11)"],"submitter":["Lau NC"],"pubmed_abstract":["Heterogeneous metal implants have been applied in clinical treatments of skeletal wounds, but their low antibacterial properties and the possibility of a release of metal ions may have harmful influences on the human body. Therefore, a polymer implant with low cost, high safety, an elastic modulus similar to that of human bone, and a good antibacterial property must be produced for orthopedic treatments. In this study, the surface of a 3D-printed polyetheretherketone (PEEK) disk was grown with ZnO/TiO<sub>2</sub> rodlike arrays using a chemical bath deposition. X-ray diffraction patterns and transmission electron microscopy images showed that TiO<sub>2</sub>/ZnO rodlike arrays were deposited onto the PEEK substrate. With the direct absorption of antibiotic agents onto the surface of TiO<su"],"journal":["ACS omega"],"pagination":["9559-9572"],"full_dataset_link":["https://www.ebi.ac.uk/biostudies/studies/S-EPMC8945105"],"repository":["biostudies-literature"],"pubmed_title":["Antibacterial Activity Studies of 3D-Printing Polyetheretherketone Substrates with Surface Growth of 2D TiO<sub>2</sub>/ZnO Rodlike Arrays."],"pmcid":["PMC8945105"],"pubmed_authors":["Lai YC","Lau NC","Chen DW","Cheng KW"],"additional_accession":[]},"is_claimable":false,"name":"Antibacterial Activity Studies of 3D-Printing Polyetheretherketone Substrates with Surface Growth of 2D TiO<sub>2</sub>/ZnO Rodlike Arrays.","description":"Heterogeneous metal implants have been applied in clinical treatments of skeletal wounds, but their low antibacterial properties and the possibility of a release of metal ions may have harmful influences on the human body. Therefore, a polymer implant with low cost, high safety, an elastic modulus similar to that of human bone, and a good antibacterial property must be produced for orthopedic treatments. In this study, the surface of a 3D-printed polyetheretherketone (PEEK) disk was grown with ZnO/TiO<sub>2</sub> rodlike arrays using a chemical bath deposition. X-ray diffraction patterns and transmission electron microscopy images showed that TiO<sub>2</sub>/ZnO rodlike arrays were deposited onto the PEEK substrate. With the direct absorption of antibiotic agents onto the surface of TiO<su","dates":{"release":"2022-01-01T00:00:00Z","publication":"2022 Mar","modification":"2025-04-19T21:49:53.474Z","creation":"2025-04-19T21:49:53.474Z"},"accession":"S-EPMC8945105","cross_references":{"pubmed":["35350327"],"doi":["10.1021/acsomega.1c06931"]}}