Controlled release and biocompatibility of polymer/titania nanotube array system on titanium implants

Bacterial infection and tissue inflammation are the major causes of early failure of titanium-based orthopedic implants; thus, surgical implants with tunable drug releasing properties represent an appealing way to address some of these problems of bacterial infection and tissue inflammation in early...

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Main Authors: Tingting Wang, Zhengyang Weng, Xiangmei Liu, Kelvin W.K. Yeung, Haobo Pan, Shuilin Wu
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: KeAi Communications Co., Ltd. 2017-03-01
Series:Bioactive Materials
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Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2452199X1730004X