Antibacterial Properties of Silver-Loaded Plasma Polymer Coatings
Figure 1
Control over the release of silver ions. Control over release of silver was achieved by depositing an additional layer of HA pp film on top of the silver nanoparticles loaded films (b). The graph on the left shows the kinetic of release of silver ions from the films over 20-day immersion in PBS. Black squares—silver-loaded films as prepared; red circles—after deposition of 6 nm film of HA; green triangles—after deposition of 12 nm film of HA; blue triangles—after deposition of 18 nm film of HA (reprinted with permission from [28], Copyright 2010 American Chemical Society).
