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Antibacterial nano-structured titania coating incorporated with silver nanoparticles.
Lingzhou Zhao,Hairong Wang,Kaifu Huo,Kaifu Huo,Lingyun Cui,Wenrui Zhang,Hongwei Ni,Yumei Zhang,Zhifen Wu,Paul K. Chu +9 more
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Titanium (Ti) implants are widely used clinically but post-operation infection remains one of the most common and serious complications and a surface boasting long-term antibacterial ability is highly desirable in order to prevent implant associated infection.About:
This article is published in Biomaterials.The article was published on 2011-08-01. It has received 693 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Silver nanoparticle & Ultraviolet light.read more
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A review of the biomaterials technologies for infection-resistant surfaces.
TL;DR: Among the new strategies, the use of phages or of antisense peptide nucleic acids are discussed, as well as the possibility to modulate the local immune response by active cytokines, to contrast the establishment of an implant infection.
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One-dimensional titanium dioxide nanomaterials: nanotubes.
TL;DR: The present review tries to give a comprehensive and most up to date view to the field, with an emphasis on the currently most investigated anodic TiO2 nanotube arrays.
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Mechanisms of Silver Nanoparticle Release, Transformation and Toxicity: A Critical Review of Current Knowledge and Recommendations for Future Studies and Applications.
TL;DR: A critical assessment of the current understanding of silver nanoparticle toxicity is provided and a set of pointers and guidelines for experimental design of future studies to assess the environmental and biological impacts of nanosilver are provided.
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Review of titanium surface modification techniques and coatings for antibacterial applications.
TL;DR: In this review, the different strategies to prevent infection onto titanium and titanium alloy surfaces such as surface modification by antibiotics, antimicrobial peptides, inorganic antibacterial metal elements and antibacterial polymers are reported.
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Antibacterial Activity of Silver Nanoparticles: Structural Effects
Shaoheng Tang,Jie Zheng +1 more
TL;DR: This review illustrates the antibacterial mechanisms of silver nanoparticles and further elucidates how different structural factors including surface chemistry, size, and shape, impact their antibacterial activities, which are expected to promote the future development of more potent silver nanoparticle‐based antibacterial agents.
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TL;DR: An overview of the complexity of this battleground and of the current and new, in the opinion most promising, strategies in the field of biomaterials to reduce the risks and counteract the establishment of implant infections is offered.