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Optimisation of micro-arc oxidation electrolyte for fabrication of antibacterial coating on titanium

2018    Aydogan, Dilek Teker; Muhaffel, Faiz; Kilic, Meryem Menekse; Acar, Ozge Karabiyik; Cempura, Grzegorz; Baydogan, Murat; Karaguler, Nevin Gul; Kose, Gamze Torun; Czyrska-Filemonowicz, Aleksandra; Cimenoglu, Huseyin

This study has been carried out to optimise the silver (Ag) content of the coating synthesised on commercially pure titanium (Cp-Ti, Grade 4) for biomedical applications by micro-arc oxidation (MAO) process. The MAO process has been conducted in electrolytes containing silver acetate (AgC2H3O2) at different concentrations between 0 and 0.002 mol L-1. When compared to the base electrolyte, coatings synthesised in >= 0.001 mol L-1 AgC2H3O2 added electrolytes exhibited an antibacterial efficiency of 99.8% against Staphylococcus aureus (S. aureus). Detailed examination revealed that the presence of 0.01 mol L-1 AgC2H3O2 in the electrolyte resulted in incorporation of 1.4 wt-% Ag into fabricated coating consisting mainly of outer hydroxyapatite (HA) and inner titanium oxide (TiO2) layers. In comparison to the Ag-free coating, 1.4 wt-% Ag in the coating lowered the proliferation of SAOS-2 cells, which still tended to grow at a relatively low rate with increasing culturing time.