Sintered and 3D-Printed Bulks of MgB(2)-Based Materials with Antimicrobial Properties

Pristine high-density bulk disks of MgB(2) with added hexagonal BN (10 wt.%) were prepared using spark plasma sintering. The BN-added samples are machinable by chipping them into desired geometries. Complex shapes of different sizes can also be obtained by the 3D printing of polylactic acid filament...

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Autores principales: Badica, Petre, Batalu, Nicolae Dan, Chifiriuc, Mariana Carmen, Burdusel, Mihail, Grigoroscuta, Mihai Alexandru, Aldica, Gheorghe Virgil, Pasuk, Iuliana, Kuncser, Andrei, Popa, Marcela, Agostino, Angelo, Operti, Lorenza, Padhi, Santanu Kumar, Bonino, Valentina, Truccato, Marco
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: MDPI 2021
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8512174/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34641589
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/molecules26196045
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Sumario:Pristine high-density bulk disks of MgB(2) with added hexagonal BN (10 wt.%) were prepared using spark plasma sintering. The BN-added samples are machinable by chipping them into desired geometries. Complex shapes of different sizes can also be obtained by the 3D printing of polylactic acid filaments embedded with MgB(2) powder particles (10 wt.%). Our present work aims to assess antimicrobial activity quantified as viable cells (CFU/mL) vs. time of sintered and 3D-printed materials. In vitro antimicrobial tests were performed against the bacterial strains Escherichia coli ATCC 25922, Pseudomonas aeruginosa ATCC 27853, Staphylococcus aureus ATCC 25923, Enterococcus faecium DSM 13590, and Enterococcus faecalis ATCC 29212; and the yeast strain Candida parapsilosis ATCC 22019. The antimicrobial effects were found to depend on the tested samples and microbes, with E. faecium being the most resistant and E. coli the most susceptible.

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