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- Title
Electron Beam Structuring of Ti6Al4V: New Insights on the Metal Surface Properties Influencing the Bacterial Adhesion.
- Authors
Ferraris, Sara; Warchomicka, Fernando; Iranshahi, Fatemeh; Rimondini, Lia; Cochis, Andrea; Spriano, Silvia
- Abstract
Soft tissue adhesion and infection prevention are currently challenging for dental transmucosal or percutaneous orthopedic implants. It has previously been shown that aligned micro-grooves obtained by Electron Beam (EB) can drive fibroblast alignment for improved soft tissue adhesion. In this work, evidence is presented that the same technique can also be effective for a reduction of the infection risk. Grooves 10–30 µm wide and around 0.2 µm deep were obtained on Ti6Al4V by EB. EB treatment changes the crystalline structure and microstructure in a surface layer that is thicker than the groove depth. Unexpectedly, a significant bacterial reduction was observed. The surfaces were characterized by field emission scanning electron microscopy, X-ray diffraction, confocal microscopy, contact profilometry, wettability and bacterial adhesion tests. The influence of surface topography, microstructure and crystallography on bacterial adhesion was systematically investigated: it was evidenced that the bacterial reduction after EB surface treatment is not correlated with the grooves, but with the microstructure induced by the EB treatment, with a significant bacterial reduction when the surface microstructure has a high density of grain boundaries. This correlation between microstructure and bacterial adhesion was reported for the first time for Ti alloys.
- Subjects
METALLIC surfaces; BACTERIAL adhesion; ELECTRON beams; FIELD emission electron microscopy; SOFT tissue infections; ORTHOPEDIC implants
- Publication
Materials (1996-1944), 2020, Vol 13, Issue 2, p409
- ISSN
1996-1944
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.3390/ma13020409