DBD Plasma Assisted Silver Functionalization of Surgical Meshes

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Authors

RÁHEĽ Jozef POLÁŠKOVÁ Hana JONÁŠOVÁ Eva HUDCOVÁ Markéta ZAHORAN Miroslav NASADIL Petr

Year of publication 2012
Type Article in Proceedings
Conference Plasma for Bio-Decontamination, Medicine and Food Security (NATO Science for Peace and Security Series A: Chemistry and Biology)
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Faculty of Science

Citation
Doi http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-94-007-2852-3_32
Field Biophysics
Keywords DBD; surgical meshes; silver functionalization
Description Atmospheric pressure diffuse barrier discharge in nitrogen was employed to promote the formation sub-micron particles of silver salts of AgNO3, Ag2O, Ag2CO3 and AgCl on polypropylene and polyester warp-knitted surgical meshes. The methods for producing and evaluation of coating are described in detail. All silver salts proved their antimicrobial efficacy against gram-positive S. aureus and gram-negative E. coli. In general the quantity of immobilized silver found to be sufficient for antibacterial action is in the order of units of mg per gram of polymer mesh.
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