Biocompatible and antibacterial silver tantalum oxide thin film by magnetron sputtering for surgical applications

Stainless steel (SS) is used extensively for healthcare, hygiene and surgical applications due to its excellent corrosion resistance and adequate mechanical strength. SS grade 316L is the most widely employed stainless steel owing to the high corrosion resistance, good mechanical properties, resista...

Full description

Saved in:
Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Rodianah Alias (Author)
Format: Thesis Book
Language:English
Subjects:
Tags: Add Tag
No Tags, Be the first to tag this record!
LEADER 03349cam a2200301 7i4500
001 0000096824
005 20191204090000.0
008 190903s2019 my eng
040 |a UniSZA 
050 0 0 |a R857.M3 
090 0 0 |a R857.M3   |b R63 2019 
100 0 |a Rodianah Alias   |e author  
245 1 0 |a Biocompatible and antibacterial silver tantalum oxide thin film by magnetron sputtering for surgical applications   |c Rodianah binti Alias. 
264 0 |c 2019. 
300 |a xxiii, 152 leaves;   |c 30 cm. 
336 |a text  |2 rdacontent 
337 |a unmediated  |2 rdamedia 
338 |a volume  |2 rdacarrier 
502 |a Thesis (Degree of Doctor of Philosophy in Mechanical Engineering) - Universiti Malaya, 2019 
504 |a Includes bibliographical references (leaves 129-149) 
505 0 |a 1. Introduction -- 2. Literature review -- 3. Methodology -- 4. Result and discussion -- 5. Conclusion and future work 
520 |a Stainless steel (SS) is used extensively for healthcare, hygiene and surgical applications due to its excellent corrosion resistance and adequate mechanical strength. SS grade 316L is the most widely employed stainless steel owing to the high corrosion resistance, good mechanical properties, resistance to sensitization and ease of fabrication. Nonetheless, stainless steel lacks antibacterial activity. To incorporate the antimicrobial characteristic In SS 316L-based surgical instruments, a new nanocomposite thin film coating comprising silver (A g) and tantalum oxide (TalOs) was deposited by physical vapor deposition (PVD) reactive magnetron sputtering in this research. The delamination of the ceramic layers on the SS 316L substrate is one of the major limitations arising from insufficient crystallization and poor adhesion strength. It was found that the adhesion strength improved in a precisely controlled thermal treatment process. The microstructure. morphology, phases, elemental, structure, micromechanical properties, surface chemistry. hydrophobicity, toxicity and antibacterial performance of the as-deposited and annealed thin film specimens were analyzed to determine the characteristics of the developed layers. The thermal treatment setup involved temperatures of 250 to 850°C that progressively increased the crystallinity and segregation of Ag at the surface. The highest adhesion strength was achieved when the coated samples were annealed at 400°C, with 154 % improvement achieved compared to the as-deposited layer. The samples annealed at 400 °C demonstrated excellent antibacterial performance against gram-negative Escherichia coli (A TCC 15597) and gram-positive Staphylococcus aureus (NCTC 6571) according to inhibition zone measurements. Ag/Ag-Ta-O, prepared at 400°C exhibited significantly superior biocompatibility (cell attachment and proliferation of seeded human bone marrow-derived mesenchymal stromal cells) compared to Ag/Ag-Ta-O, annealed at 700°C as well as SS 3l6L. Keywords: Nano-composite; Magnetron sputtering; Substrate Temperature; Silver¬Tantalum oxide; thermal annealing; antibacterial; biocornpatibiliry 
610 0 0 |a Universiti Malaya --   |x Dissertations  
650 0 |a Dissertations, Academic  
650 0 |a Biocompatible Materials  
650 0 |a Stainless steel  
710 2 |a Universiti Malaya  
999 |a 1000177226  |b Thesis  |c Reference  |e Badak Thesis Collection