Titanium addition influences antibacterial activity of bioactive glass coatings on metallic implants

In an attempt to combat the possibility of bacterial infection and insufficient bone growth around metallic, surgical implants, bioactive glasses may be employed as coatings. In this work, silica-based and borate-based glass series were synthesized for this purpose and subsequently characterized in...

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Main Authors: Omar Rodriguez, Wendy Stone, Emil H. Schemitsch, Paul Zalzal, Stephen Waldman, Marcello Papini, Mark R. Towler
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2017-10-01
Series:Heliyon
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Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2405844017304917