Synergic antibacterial coatings combining titanium nanocolumns and tellurium nanorods.
Nanomedicine
; 17: 36-46, 2019 04.
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| ID: mdl-30654187
ABSTRACT
Nanocolumnar titanium coatings have been fabricated in two sputtering systems with very different characteristics (a laboratory setup and semi-industrial equipment), thus possessing different morphologies (150â¯nm long columns tilted 20° from the normal and 300â¯nm long ones tilted 40°, respectively). These coatings exhibit similar antibacterial properties against Gram positive (Staphylococcus aureus) and Gram negative (Escherichia coli) bacteria. When a synergic route is followed and these coatings are functionalized with tellurium (Te) nanorods, the antibacterial properties are enhanced, especially for the long nanocolumns case. The biocompatibility is preserved in all the nanostructured coatings.
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Colección:
01-internacional
Base de datos:
MEDLINE
Contexto en salud:
1_ASSA2030
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2_ODS3
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3_ND
Problema de salud:
1_doencas_transmissiveis
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2_enfermedades_transmissibles
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3_neglected_diseases
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3_zoonosis
Asunto principal:
Telurio
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Titanio
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Materiales Biocompatibles Revestidos
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Antibacterianos
Límite:
Humans
Idioma:
En
Revista:
Nanomedicine
Asunto de la revista:
BIOTECNOLOGIA
Año:
2019
Tipo del documento:
Article
País de afiliación:
Estados Unidos