Surface engineering of AgNPs-decorated polyetheretherketone

0566798 - ÚMCH 2024 RIV CH eng J - Journal Article
Siegel, J. - Vyhnálková, B. - Savenkova, T. - Pryjmaková, J. - Slepička, P. - Šlouf, Miroslav - Hubáček, Tomáš
Surface engineering of AgNPs-decorated polyetheretherketone.
International Journal of Molecular Sciences. Roč. 24, č. 2 (2023), č. článku 1432. E-ISSN 1422-0067
Institutional support: RVO:61389013 ; RVO:60077344
Keywords : laser treatment * periodic structures * silver nanoparticles
OECD category: Polymer science; Materials engineering (BC-A)
Impact factor: 5.6, year: 2022
Method of publishing: Open access
https://www.mdpi.com/1422-0067/24/2/1432

Metal nanostructure-treated polymers are widely recognized as the key material responsible for a specific antibacterial response in medical-based applications. However, the finding of an optimal bactericidal effect in combination with an acceptable level of cytotoxicity, which is typical for metal nanostructures, prevents their expansion from being more significant so far. This study explores the possibility of firmly anchoring silver nanoparticles (AgNPs) into polyetherether ketone (PEEK) with a tailored surface morphology that exhibits laser-induced periodic surface structures (LIPSS). We demonstrated that laser-induced forward transfer technology is a suitable tool, which, under specific conditions, enables uniform decoration of the PEEK surface with AgNPs, regardless of whether the surface is planar or LIPSS structured. The antibacterial test proved that AgNPs-decorated LIPSS represents a more effective bactericidal protection than their planar counterparts, even if they contain a lower concentration of immobilized particles. Nanostructured PEEK with embedded AgNPs may open up new possibilities in the production of templates for replication processes in the construction of functional bactericidal biopolymers or may be directly used in tissue engineering applications.

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