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The Development of Bioactive Glass‐Ceramic Substrates with Biocide Activity
Author(s) -
Cabal Belén,
Malpartida Francisco,
Torrecillas Ramón,
Hoppe Alexander,
Boccaccini Aldo R.,
Moya J. Serafín
Publication year - 2011
Publication title -
advanced engineering materials
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.938
H-Index - 114
eISSN - 1527-2648
pISSN - 1438-1656
DOI - 10.1002/adem.201180026
Subject(s) - biocide , materials science , bioactive glass , ceramic , coating , glass ceramic , nanoparticle , antifungal , silver nanoparticle , chemical engineering , composite material , nanotechnology , microbiology and biotechnology , chemistry , organic chemistry , engineering , biology
Abstract The biocide efficiency of bioactive 45S5 Bioglass® derived glass‐ceramic substrates against common Gram positive and Gram negative bacteria, and also against yeast, is investigated in this study. The results confirm the high bactericidal capacity of this material. Inorganic coatings containing silver nanoparticles on glass‐ceramic substrates are developed in order to ascertain whether the presence of silver enhances the biocide activity. It is found that a coating made of soda‐glass containing silver nanoparticles does not improve the antifungal properties of the 45S5 Bioglass® derived glass‐ceramic substrates.