DBD plasma assisted silver functionalization of surgical meshes

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Authors

RÁHEĽ Jozef POLÁŠKOVÁ Hana JONÁŠOVÁ Eva HUDCOVÁ Markéta

Year of publication 2011
Type Article in Proceedings
Conference Book of Abstracts, NATO Advanced Research Workshop: Plasma for bio-decontamination, medicine and food security.
MU Faculty or unit

Faculty of Science

Citation
Web http://enviro.fmph.uniba.sk/nato/pdfs/zzz/all-in-one.pdf
Field Plasma physics
Keywords DBD; surgical meshes; silver functionalization
Description Atmospheric pressure diffuse barrier discharge in nitrogen was employed to promote the formation silver sub-micron particles on PP and PES warp-knitted surgical meshes. Its good antimicrobial efficacy against gram- positive Stafylococcus aureus and gram-negative Escherichia coli was confirmed.
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