Chitosan coating as an antibacterial surface for biomedical applications.

A current public health issue is preventing post-surgical complications by designing antibacterial implants. To achieve this goal, in this study we evaluated the antibacterial activity of an animal-free chitosan grafted onto a titanium alloy.Animal-free chitosan binding on the substrate was performe...

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Main Authors: Mélanie D'Almeida, Nina Attik, Julien Amalric, Céline Brunon, François Renaud, Hazem Abouelleil, Bérangère Toury, Brigitte Grosgogeat
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2017-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC5728531?pdf=render