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- Title
Surface Functionalization of Polyethylene by Silicon Nitride Laser Cladding.
- Authors
Zanocco, Matteo; Marin, Elia; Boschetto, Francesco; Adachi, Tetsuya; Yamamoto, Toshiro; Kanamura, Narisato; Zhu, Wenliang; McEntire, Bryan J.; Bal, B. Sonny; Ashida, Ryutaro; Mazda, Osam; Pezzotti, Giuseppe
- Abstract
Functional coatings are commonly applied to biomaterials in order to improve their properties. In this work, polyethylene was coated with a silicon nitride (Si3N4) powder using a pulsed laser source in a nitrogen gas atmosphere. Several analytical techniques were used to characterize the functionalized surface of the polymer, including Raman spectroscopy, laser microscopy, scanning electron microscopy (SEM), and energy dispersive X-ray spectroscopy (EDS). Antibacterial properties were tested in vitro against Staphylococcus epidermidis. The Si3N4 coating sensibly reduced the amount of living bacteria when compared to the uncoated polymer. Osteoconductivity was also tested in vitro using SaOS-2 osteosarcoma cells. The presence of Si3N4 coating resulted in an increased amount of hydroxyapatite. Coating of polyethylene with silicon nitride may lead to improved performance of indwelling orthopaedic or less invasive medical devices.
- Subjects
SILICON nitride; ENERGY dispersive X-ray spectroscopy; POLYETHYLENE; PULSED lasers; ATMOSPHERIC nitrogen; LASER microscopy
- Publication
Applied Sciences (2076-3417), 2020, Vol 10, Issue 7, p2612
- ISSN
2076-3417
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.3390/app10072612