具有银和氧化释放能力的生物灵感超表面可以防止与设备相关的感染和血栓形成

Ekrem Ozkan1, Lori M Estes Bright1, Anil Kumar1

  • 1School of Chemical, Materials, and Biomedical Engineering, College of Engineering, University of Georgia, Athens, GA 30602, USA.

概括

这项研究开发了一种新型的超水表面,释放氧化 (NO),用于对抗医疗器械上的感染和血栓形成. 创新的SH-SiAgNO材料显著减少了细菌和血小板,没有毒性,为与设备相关的并发症提供了一个新的策略.

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