Influence of Ag alloying on the antibacterial properties, bio-corrosion resistance and biocompatibility of α-Nb5Si3 nanocrystalline coating

Document Type

Journal Article

Publication Title

Applied Surface Science

Publisher

Elsevier

School

School of Engineering

RAS ID

34014

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Xu, J., Peng, S., Guo, B., Zhao, Y., Fu, T., Jiang, S., ... Lu, H. (2020). Influence of Ag alloying on the antibacterial properties, bio-corrosion resistance and biocompatibility of α-Nb5Si3 nanocrystalline coating. Applied Surface Science, 503, Article 144082. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apsusc.2019.144082

Abstract

To improve the corrosion resistance and impart the bioactivity and antibacterial functionalities to titanium alloys for biomedical applications, α-(Nb1-xAgx)5Si3 compounds, with three different Ag contents, were deposited on Ti–6Al–4V by double cathode glow discharge method. The new α-(Nb1-xAgx)5Si3 coatings, each about 16 μm in thickness, exhibited a compact uniform structure, composed of equiaxed nanocrystalline grains. Nanoindentation measurements revealed that Ag alloying reduced the hardness (H) and elastic modulus (E) values of the α-(Nb1-xAgx)5Si3 coatings. Compared to Ti–6Al–4V, the α-(Nb1-xAgx)5Si3 coatings exhibited improved corrosion resistance in Ringer's physiological solution, as well as newly added in-vitro bioactivity and antibacterial ability against both E. coli and S. aureus. A MTT assay experiment shows that the two α-(Nb1-xAgx)5Si3(x = 0 and 0.05) coatings were as non-cytotoxic as bare Ti-6Al-4V. However, the MC3T3-E1 osteoblast-like cell viability for the α-(Nb0.9Ag0.1)5Si3 coating was slightly reduced, suggesting that the proliferation of MC3T3-E1 osteoblast-like cell was affected to some degree by excess Ag added to α-Nb5Si3. Overall, the α-(Nb0.95Ag0.05)5Si3 coating provides an attractive combination of good bioactivity, high corrosion resistance and new antibacterial function, and thus demonstrates great potential for applications in orthopedic devices.

DOI

10.1016/j.apsusc.2019.144082

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