Degradation of metal implants covered with silver

Beata Świeczko-Żurek; Anna Palubicka; Michal Bogdanski; Marek Krzeminski

Degradation of metal implants covered with silver

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Silver was known for its antibacterial properties as long ago as in antiquity. The silver ions have ability to join the bacteria surface. Low density of silver ions Ag+ influence the protons through the bacteria surface, which results in total destruction of the cell. Antibacterial activity of silver remains in proportion with the density of silver ions Ag+ in the environment.

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Beata Świeczko-Żurek dr hab. inż.
Anna Palubicka
Michal Bogdanski
- Faculty of Mechanical Engineering
- Gdańsk University of Technology
Marek Krzeminski
- Faculty of Mechanical Engineering
- Gdańsk University of Technology

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Category:: Articles
Type:: artykuły w czasopismach recenzowanych i innych wydawnictwach ciągłych
Published in:: Engineering of Biomaterials / Inżynieria Biomateriałów pages 58 - 60,
ISSN: 1429-7248
Language:: English
Publication year:: 2010
Bibliographic description:: Świeczko-Żurek B., Palubicka A., Bogdanski M., Krzeminski M.: Degradation of metal implants covered with silver// Engineering of Biomaterials / Inżynieria Biomateriałów. -., iss. 99-101 (2010), s.58-60
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