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Asad Masood, Naeem Ahmed, Fatima Shahid, M. F. Mohd Razip Wee, Anuttam Patra and Kim S. Siow
Medical devices are often vulnerable to colonization by nosocomial pathogens (bacteria), leading to infections. Traditional sterilization methods may not always be effective, and as a result, alternative options are being explored to prevent microbial co...
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Manuela Elena Voicu, Daniela Ionita, George-Octavian Buica, Doina Draganescu, Valentina Anuta, Florentina Monica Raduly and Ioana Demetrescu
This paper compares two types of polylactic acid (PLA) coating on AZ31 alloy obtained by dip coating and electrospinning. Both types of coating were loaded with gentamicin sulphate (GS) and the drug-loading efficiency and release were assessed. A higher ...
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Vladislava A. Pigareva, Valeria I. Marina, Anastasia V. Bolshakova, Anna K. Berkovich, Oksana A. Kuznetsova, Anastasia A. Semenova, Yulia K. Yushina, Dagmara S. Bataeva, Maria A. Grudistova and Andrey V. Sybachin
Positively charged polyelectrolytes hold significant potential as materials for creating antibacterial coatings. We examined the physicochemical and mechanical properties of the macromolecules in water solutions and in coatings for the series of branched...
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Dylan Shun Izuma, Norihiro Suzuki, Tomonori Suzuki, Haruka Motomura, Shiro Ando, Akira Fujishima, Katsuya Teshima and Chiaki Terashima
A TiO2-coated net with photocatalytic antibacterial properties that purifies water for practical use in developing countries was fabricated. The TiO2 particles were modified with a silane coupling agent, aminopropyltriethoxysilane or hexadecyltrimethoxys...
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Qi Qiu, Mingchang Gao, Changtao Shao, Shaofang Sun, Yusen Liu and Huawei Zhang
Membrane fouling is a key factor limiting the application of a membrane bioreactor (MBR), and membrane-surface modification holds the potential to control membrane fouling and solves this problem. In the research, novel nanocomposite membranes were desig...
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Yu Zhou, Kaimin Chen, Li Liu, Shaoguo Wen and Taijiang Gui
Phthalocyanine pigments have many problems in waterborne coating applications because of their low polarity, poor dispersion in water, and easy agglomeration properties. In order to solve these problems, the phthalocyanine pigments were encapsulated with...
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Elena Glazkova, Olga Bakina, Nikolay Rodkevich, Andrey Mosunov, Maxim Evstigneev, Vladislav Evstigneev, Viktor Klimenko and Marat Lerner
We have prepared a composite thin coating by incorporation of CuFe2O4/Cu2O/CuO nanoparticles in polymethyl methacrylate (PMMA) matrix by using the solution casting method. The electrical explosion of two twisted wires (EETW) was used to obtain multicompo...
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Cristina Lavinia Nistor, Catalin Ionut Mihaescu, Daniela Bala, Ioana Catalina Gifu, Claudia Mihaela Ninciuleanu, Sabina Georgiana Burlacu, Cristian Petcu, Mariana-Gratiela Vladu, Adi Ghebaur, Lenuta Stroea and Ludmila Otilia Cinteza
A simple and cost-efficient method to modify different surfaces in order to improve their bioactivity, corrosion and wear resistance proved to be sol-gel coatings. The silane layers have been shown to be effective in the protection of steel, aluminum or ...
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Tudor Bibire, Onur Yilmaz, Cristina Mihaela Ghiciuc, Nela Bibire and Radu Danila
Biopolymers have gained significant attention as a class of polymer materials with a wide range of applications, especially in the medical and pharmaceutical field. Due to particular characteristics, such as biocompatibility, biodegradability, non-toxici...
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Jie Liu, Jiawen Sun, Jizhou Duan, Xucheng Dong, Xinping Wang, Chao Liu and Baorong Hou
Capsaicin has been extensively studied for its excellent antifouling activity and very low environmental toxicity. However, mixing natural capsaicin with coatings can cause rapid capsaicin leakage, severely shortening its antifouling cycle. In this study...
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