Infection Mitigation Efficacy of Photoactive Titania on Orthopedic Implant Materials

In order to impede infection and achieve accelerated wound healing in the postorthopaedic surgery patients, a simple and benign procedure for creating nanotubular or nanofibrillar structure of photoactive TiO2 on the surface of Ti plates and wires is described. The nanoscale TiO2 films on titanium w...

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Main Authors: Abdul-Majeed Azad, Ryan Hershey, Asem Aboelzahab, Vijay Goel
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Hindawi Limited 2011-01-01
Series:Advances in Orthopedics
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.4061/2011/571652