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Asad Masood, Naeem Ahmed, Fatima Shahid, M. F. Mohd Razip Wee, Anuttam Patra and Kim S. Siow
Medical devices are often vulnerable to colonization by nosocomial pathogens (bacteria), leading to infections. Traditional sterilization methods may not always be effective, and as a result, alternative options are being explored to prevent microbial co...
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Vladislava A. Pigareva, Valeria I. Marina, Anastasia V. Bolshakova, Anna K. Berkovich, Oksana A. Kuznetsova, Anastasia A. Semenova, Yulia K. Yushina, Dagmara S. Bataeva, Maria A. Grudistova and Andrey V. Sybachin
Positively charged polyelectrolytes hold significant potential as materials for creating antibacterial coatings. We examined the physicochemical and mechanical properties of the macromolecules in water solutions and in coatings for the series of branched...
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Beata Kaczmarek-Szczepanska, Lidia Zasada, Marta Michalska-Sionkowska, Jithin Vishnu and Geetha Manivasagam
Titanium is one of the most widely used metals in implantology owing to its reduced modulus, improved corrosion resistance and good biocompatibility. In spite of its excellent biocompatibility, it does not exhibit inherent antibacterial and antioxidant a...
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Maria Eleni Ioannou, Georgia K. Pouroutzidou, Iason Chatzimentor, Ioannis Tsamesidis, Nikoletta Florini, Ioannis Tsiaoussis, Evgenia Lymperaki, Philomela Komninou and Eleana Kontonasaki
Hemocompatible nanoparticles with reactive oxygen species (ROS) scavenging properties for titanium implant surface coatings may eliminate implant failure related to inflammation and bacterial invasion. Cerium (Ce) is a rare earth element, that belongs to...
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Cristina Lavinia Nistor, Catalin Ionut Mihaescu, Daniela Bala, Ioana Catalina Gifu, Claudia Mihaela Ninciuleanu, Sabina Georgiana Burlacu, Cristian Petcu, Mariana-Gratiela Vladu, Adi Ghebaur, Lenuta Stroea and Ludmila Otilia Cinteza
A simple and cost-efficient method to modify different surfaces in order to improve their bioactivity, corrosion and wear resistance proved to be sol-gel coatings. The silane layers have been shown to be effective in the protection of steel, aluminum or ...
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Sahand Behrangi, Ivo Sedlácek, Ján ?terba, Gabriela Suková, Zsolt Czigány, Vilma Bur?íková, Pavel Soucek, Vjaceslav Sochora, Katalin Balázsi and Petr Va?ina
Pathogenic microbes, such as bacteria and viruses, can spread quickly via contaminated surfaces. Most of these pathogenic microorganisms can survive on surfaces for a long time. Touching these surfaces can lead to the transmission of the microorganisms t...
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Jie Liu, Jiawen Sun, Jizhou Duan, Xucheng Dong, Xinping Wang, Chao Liu and Baorong Hou
Capsaicin has been extensively studied for its excellent antifouling activity and very low environmental toxicity. However, mixing natural capsaicin with coatings can cause rapid capsaicin leakage, severely shortening its antifouling cycle. In this study...
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Elena Glazkova, Olga Bakina, Nikolay Rodkevich, Andrey Mosunov, Maxim Evstigneev, Vladislav Evstigneev, Viktor Klimenko and Marat Lerner
We have prepared a composite thin coating by incorporation of CuFe2O4/Cu2O/CuO nanoparticles in polymethyl methacrylate (PMMA) matrix by using the solution casting method. The electrical explosion of two twisted wires (EETW) was used to obtain multicompo...
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Andrzej Zielinski and Michal Bartmanski
Coatings deposited under an electric field are applied for the surface modification of biomaterials. This review is aimed to characterize the state-of-art in this area with an emphasis on the advantages and disadvantages of used methods, process determin...
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