title: Surface characterization and antibacterial response of silver nanowire arrays supported on laser-treated polyethylene naphthalate.
abstract: Polymeric biomaterials with antibacterial effects are requisite materials in the fight against hospital-acquired infections. An effective way for constructing a second generation of antibacterials is to exploit the synergic effect of (i) patterning of polymeric materials by a laser, and (ii) deposition of noble metals in their nanostructured forms. With this approach, we prepared highly-ordered periodic structures (ripples) on polyethylene naphthalate (PEN). Subsequent deposition of Ag under the glancing angle of 70° resulted in the formation of self-organized, fully separated Ag nanowire (Ag NW) arrays homogenously distributed on PEN surface. Surface properties of these samples were characterized by AFM and XPS. Vacuum evaporation of Ag at the glancing angle geometry of 70° caused that Ag NWs were formed predominantly from one side of the ripples, near to the top of the ridges. The release of Ag+ions into physiological solution was studied by ICP-MS. The results of antibacterial tests predetermine these novel structures as promising materials able to fight against a broad spectrum of microorganisms, however, their observed cytotoxicity warns about their applications in the contact with living tissues.
authors.affiliation: Department of Solid State Engineering, University of Chemistry and Technology Prague, 166 28 Prague, Czech Republic. Electronic address: polivkoa@vscht.cz.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Polívková
authors.affiliation: Department of Solid State Engineering, University of Chemistry and Technology Prague, 166 28 Prague, Czech Republic.
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Štrublová
authors.affiliation: Institute of Hydrobiology, Biology Centre of the AS CR, 370 05 Ceske Budejovice, Czech Republic.
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Hubáček
authors.affiliation: Department of Biochemistry and Microbiology, University of Chemistry and Technology Prague, 166 28 Prague, Czech Republic.
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Rimpelová
authors.affiliation: Department of Solid State Engineering, University of Chemistry and Technology Prague, 166 28 Prague, Czech Republic.
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Švorčík
authors.affiliation: Department of Solid State Engineering, University of Chemistry and Technology Prague, 166 28 Prague, Czech Republic.
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Siegel
mesh_terms: D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000494:pharmacology; D004926:Escherichia coli / Q000187:drug effects; D007834:Lasers; D018625:Microscopy, Atomic Force; D053770:Nanowires / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000633:toxicity; D056951:Photoelectron Spectroscopy; D020959:Polyethylene / Q000737:chemistry*; D012834:Silver / Q000737:chemistry*; D013212:Staphylococcus epidermidis / Q000187:drug effects; D013499:Surface Properties
chemical_list: D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents; D012834:Silver; D020959:Polyethylene
keywords: Antibacterial effects; Laser patterning; Nanowires; Polyethylene naphthalate; Silver; Surface properties; Vacuum evaporation