Synthesis and deposition of silver nanoparticles on porous titanium substrates for biomedical applications

Ti implants are highly biocompatible and allow orderly bone growth but, unfortunately, in the first five years after implantation, 5–10% of them fail due to poor osseointegration and to the presence of bacterial infections in prosthesis. Silver nanoparticles have been described to damage bacterial c...

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Autores: Gaviria, Juliana, Alcudia Cruz, Ana, Begines Ruiz, Belén, Beltrán, Ana M., Villarraga, Junes, Moriche Tirado, Rocío, Rodríguez-Ortiz, José Antonio, Torres Hernández, Yadir
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión enviada para evaluación y publicación
Fecha de publicación:2021
País:España
Institución:Universidad de Sevilla (US)
Repositorio:idUS. Depósito de Investigación de la Universidad de Sevilla
OAI Identifier:oai:idus.us.es:11441/104258
Acceso en línea:https://hdl.handle.net/11441/104258
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.surfcoat.2020.126667
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Porous titanium
Silver nanoparticles synthesis
Biofunctionalized surface
Antibacterial behavior
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Sumario:Ti implants are highly biocompatible and allow orderly bone growth but, unfortunately, in the first five years after implantation, 5–10% of them fail due to poor osseointegration and to the presence of bacterial infections in prosthesis. Silver nanoparticles have been described to damage bacterial cell via prolonged release of Ag+ ions as a mode of action when immobilized on a surface. In this work, two routes to synthetize silver nanoparticles have been proposed including, on the one hand, a NaBH4-reduction and, on the other hand, a citrate-reduction combined with a stabilized biodegradable polymer. The deposition of these nanomaterials on porous Ti substrates previously fabricated using the space-holder technique (40 vol% and two size distributions, 100–200 and 355–500 μm) was investigated to aim for the best match. Before the deposition of nanoparticles accomplished by immersion, a silanization treatment of the substrate surface was carried out. After silver nanoparticles were deposited on the porous Ti substrates, microstructural characteristics and antibacterial behavior were evaluated against the proliferation of Staphylococcus aureus on the AgNPs functionalized substrates. Finally, the preliminary qualitative analysis showed the presence of inhibitory halos, being more relevant in the substrates with larger pores.