Antimicrobial Electrodeposited Silver-Containing Calcium Phosphate Coatings

T Mokabber, H T Cao, N Norouzi, P van Rijn*, Y T Pei

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Abstract

Biocompatible antimicrobial coatings may enhance the function of many orthopedic implants by combating infection. Hydroxyapatite is a choice mineral for such a coating as it is native to bone and silver would be a possible antimicrobial agent as it is also commonly used in biomedical applications. The aim of the research is to develop a silver-containing calcium phosphate (Ag/Ca-P) coating via electrochemical deposition on titanium substrates as this allows for controlled coating buildup on complex shapes and porous surfaces. Two different deposition approaches are explored: one-step Ag/Ca-P(1) deposition coatings, containing silver ions as microsized silver phosphate particles embedded in the Ca-P matrix; and via a two-step method (Ag/Ca-P(2)) where silver is deposited as metallic silver nanoparticle on the Ca-P coating. The Ag/Ca-P(1) coating displays a bacterial reduction of 76.1 +/- 8.3% via Ag-ion leaching. The Ag/Ca-P(2) coating displays a bacterial reduction of 83.7 +/- 4.5% via contact killing. Interestingly, by preincubation in phosphate-buffered saline solution, bacterial reduction improves to 97.6 +/- 2.7 and 99.7 +/- 0.4% for Ag/Ca-P(1) and Ag/Ca-P(2) coatings, respectively, due to leaching of formed AgClx(x-1)- species. The biocompatibility evaluation indicates that the Ag/Ca-P(1) coating is cytotoxic towards osteoblasts while the Ag/Ca-P(2) coating shows excellent compatibility. The electrochemical deposition of highly bactericidal coatings with excellent biocompatibility will enable us to coat future bone implants even with complex or porous structures.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)5531-5541
Number of pages11
JournalACS Applied Materials & Interfaces
Volume12
Issue number5
Early online date14-Jan-2020
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 5-Feb-2020

Keywords

  • hydroxyapatite
  • electrochemical deposition
  • silver nanoparticles
  • antimicrobial
  • biocompatibility
  • HYDROXYAPATITE COMPOSITE COATINGS
  • DOPED HYDROXYAPATITE
  • ANTIBACTERIAL ACTIVITY
  • BIOLOGICAL-PROPERTIES
  • IN-VITRO
  • NANOPARTICLES
  • TITANIUM
  • SURFACE
  • MECHANISM
  • INFECTION

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