Surface characterization and antibacterial response of silver nanowire arrays supported on laser-treated polyethylene naphthalate

0479860 - BC 2018 RIV NL eng J - Journal Article
Polívková, M. - Štrublová, V. - Hubáček, Tomáš - Rimpelová, S. - Švorčík, V. - Siegel, J.
Surface characterization and antibacterial response of silver nanowire arrays supported on laser-treated polyethylene naphthalate.
Materials Science & Engineering C-Materials for Biological Applications. Roč. 72, March (2017), s. 512-518. ISSN 0928-4931. E-ISSN 1873-0191
Institutional support: RVO:60077344
Keywords : silver * polyethylene naphthalate * surface properties * laser patterning * vacuum evaporation
OECD category: Materials engineering
Impact factor: 5.080, year: 2017

Polymeric biomaterials with antibacterial effects are requisite materials in the fight against hospital-acquired infections. An effective way for constructing a second generation of antibacterials is to exploit the synergic effect of (i) patterning of polymeric materials by a laser, and (ii) deposition of noble metals in their nanostructured forms. With this approach, we prepared highly-ordered periodic structures (ripples) on polyethylene naphthalate (PEN). Subsequent deposition of Ag under the glancing angle of 70 degrees resulted in the formation of self-organized, fully separated Ag nanowire (Ag NW) arrays homogenously distributed on PEN surface. Surface properties of these samples were characterized by AFM and XPS. Vacuum evaporation of Ag at the glancing angle geometry of 70 degrees caused that Ag NWs were formed predominantly from one side of the ripples, near to the top of the ridges. The release of Ag+ ions into physiological solution was studied by ICP-MS. The results of antibacterial tests predetermine these novel structures as promising materials able to fight against a broad spectrum of microorganisms, however, their observed cytotoxicity warns about their applications in the contact with living tissues.
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