کد مقاله کد نشریه سال انتشار مقاله انگلیسی نسخه تمام متن
701079 1460815 2009 5 صفحه PDF دانلود رایگان
عنوان انگلیسی مقاله ISI
Antibacterial activity of DLC and Ag–DLC films produced by PECVD technique
موضوعات مرتبط
مهندسی و علوم پایه سایر رشته های مهندسی مهندسی برق و الکترونیک
پیش نمایش صفحه اول مقاله
Antibacterial activity of DLC and Ag–DLC films produced by PECVD technique
چکیده انگلیسی

Diamond-like carbon (DLC) films have been the focus of extensive research in recent years due to its potential application as surface coatings on biomedical devices. Doped carbon films are also useful as biomaterials. As silver (Ag) is known to be a potent antibacterial agent, Ag–DLC films have been suggested to be potentially useful in biomedical applications. In this paper, DLC films were growth on 316L stainless steel substrates by using Plasma Enhanced Chemical Vapour Deposition (PECVD) technique with a thin amorphous silicon interlayer. Silver colloidal solution was produced by eletrodeposition of silver electrodes in distilled water and during the deposition process it was sprayed among each 25 nm thickness layer DLC film. The antibacterial activity of DLC, Ag–DLC and silver colloidal solution were evaluated by bacterial eradication tests with Escherichia coli (E. coli) at different incubation times. With the increase of silver nanoparticle layers in Ag–DLC, the total compressive stress decreased significantly. Raman spectra showed the film structure did not suffer any substantial change due to the incorporation of silver. The only alteration suffered was a slightly reduction in hardness. DLC and Ag–DLC films demonstrated good results against E. coli, meaning that DLC and Ag–DLC can be useful to produce coatings with antibacterial properties for biomedical industry.

ناشر
Database: Elsevier - ScienceDirect (ساینس دایرکت)
Journal: Diamond and Related Materials - Volume 18, Issues 5–8, May–August 2009, Pages 1010–1014
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