| Title |
Beneficial silver: Antibacterial nanocomposite Ag-DLC coating to reduce osteolysis of orthopaedic implants |
| Authors |
ENDRINO ARMENTEROS, JOSÉ LUIS, Sánchez-López J.C. , Galindo R.E. , Horwat D. , Anders A. |
| External publication |
Si |
| Means |
J. Phys. Conf. Ser. |
| Scope |
Conference Paper |
| Nature |
Científica |
| SJR Quartile |
3 |
| SJR Impact |
0.28800 |
| Web |
https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-79952428154&doi=10.1088%2f1742-6596%2f252%2f1%2f012005&partnerID=40&md5=00279064280b4691174c63f7229accb3 |
| Publication date |
01/01/2010 |
| Scopus Id |
2-s2.0-79952428154 |
| DOI |
10.1088/1742-6596/252/1/012005 |
| Abstract |
Silver-containing diamond-like-carbon (DLC) is a promising material for biomedical implants due to its excellent combination of antibacterial and mechanical properties. In this work, a dual-cathode pulsed filtered cathodic arc source containing silver and graphite rods was employed in order to obtain DLC samples with various silver contents. Chemical composition of the samples was analyzed by acquiring their compositional depth-profiles using radio-frequency Glow Discharge Optical Emission Spectroscopy (rf-GDOES), while the microstructural properties were analyzed by X-ray diffraction and Raman spectroscopy. Tribological studies carried out against UHMWPE balls in fetal bovine serum indicate that the presence of silver in DLC could be beneficial to reduce the wear of the polymeric surfaces. © 2010 IOP Publishing Ltd. |
| Keywords |
Amorphous carbon; Amorphous films; Chemical analysis; Glow discharges; Medical applications; Optical emission spectroscopy; Wear of materials; X ray diffraction; Antibacterial nanocomposites; Biotribo |
| Universidad Loyola members |
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