Non-destructive processing of silver containing glass ceramic antibacterial coating on polymeric surgical mesh surfaces
Amin Zareei, Venkat Kasi, Allison Thornton, Ulisses Heredia Rivera, Manoj Sawale, Murali Kannan Maruthamuthu, Zihao He, Juliane Nguyen, Haiyan Wang, Dharmendra K. Mishra, Rahim Rahimi
Abstract
thin films and laser surface treatment (LST), enabling the selective heating and formation of functional glass-ceramic compounds under atmospheric conditions. A systematic study was conducted to identify optimal LST conditions that resulted in the effective formation of a bioactive glass-ceramic structure without significantly altering the chemical and mechanical properties of the underlying PP-M (less than 1% change compared to the original properties). The developed coating with optimized processing conditions demonstrated high biocompatibility and persistent antibacterial properties (>7 days) against both Gram-positive and Gram-negative bacteria. The developed process is expected to provide a new stepping stone towards depositing a wide range of functional bioceramic coatings onto different implant surfaces, thereby decreasing their risk of infection and associated complications.