Publication details
DBD plasma assisted silver functionalization of surgical meshes
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| Year of publication | 2011 |
| Type | Article in Proceedings |
| Conference | Book of Abstracts, NATO Advanced Research Workshop: Plasma for bio-decontamination, medicine and food security. |
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| Web | http://enviro.fmph.uniba.sk/nato/pdfs/zzz/all-in-one.pdf |
| Field | Plasma physics |
| Keywords | DBD; surgical meshes; silver functionalization |
| Description | Atmospheric pressure diffuse barrier discharge in nitrogen was employed to promote the formation silver sub-micron particles on PP and PES warp-knitted surgical meshes. Its good antimicrobial efficacy against gram- positive Stafylococcus aureus and gram-negative Escherichia coli was confirmed. |
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