Silver doped metal layers for medical applications

0432646 - FZÚ 2015 RIV GB eng C - Conference Paper (international conference)
Kocourek, Tomáš - Jelínek, Miroslav - Mikšovský, Jan - Jurek, Karel - Weiserová, Marie
Silver doped metal layers for medical applications.
Journal of Physics: Conference Series. Vol. 497. Bristol: IOP Publishing Ltd, 2014, "012021-1"-"012021-9". 497. ISSN 1742-6588.
[International Laser Physics Workshop /22./ (LPHYS'13). Praha (CZ), 15.07.2013-19.07.2013]
R&D Projects: GA MPO(CZ) FR-TI3/088
Institutional support: RVO:68378271 ; RVO:61388971
Keywords : pulsed laser deposition * thin layers * silver-doped layers * medical application
Subject RIV: BM - Solid Matter Physics ; Magnetism

Biological, physical and mechanical properties of silver-doped layers of titanium alloy Ti6Al4V and 316L steel prepared by pulsed laser deposition were studied. Metallic silver-doped coatings could be a new route for antibacterial protection in medicine. Thin films of silver and silver-doped materials were synthesized using KrF excimer laser deposition. The materials were ablated from two targets, which were composed either from titanium alloy with silver segments or from steel with silver segments. The concentration of silver ranged from 1.54 at% to 4.32 at% for steel and from 3.04 at% to 13.05 at% for titanium alloy. The layer properties such as silver content, structure, adhesion, surface wettability, and antibacterial efficacy (evaluated by Escherichia coli and Bacillus subtilis bacteria) were measured. Film adhesion was studied using scratch test. The antibacterial efficacy changed with silver doping up to 99.9 %.
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