Three-Dimensional Printed Polylactic Acid (PLA) Surgical Retractors with Sonochemically Immobilized Silver Nanoparticles: The Next Generation of Low-Cost Antimicrobial Surgery Equipment

Three-Dimensional Printed Polylactic Acid (PLA) Surgical Retractors with Sonochemically Immobilized Silver Nanoparticles: The Next Generation of Low-Cost Antimicrobial Surgery Equipment

A versatile method is reported for the manufacturing of antimicrobial (AM) surgery equipment utilising fused deposition modelling (FDM), three-dimensional (3D) printing and sonochemistry thin-film deposition technology. A surgical retractor was replicated from a commercial polylactic acid (PLA) ther...

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Main Authors:	Lazaros Tzounis, Petros I. Bangeas, Aristomenis Exadaktylos, Markos Petousis, Nectarios Vidakis
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	MDPI AG 2020-05-01
Series:	Nanomaterials
Subjects:	fused deposition modelling (FDM) 3D printing sonochemical deposition silver (Ag) nanoparticles (NPs) antimicrobial (AM) properties polylactic acid (PLA)
Online Access:	https://www.mdpi.com/2079-4991/10/5/985

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