Novel Metallic Materials with Antibacterial Function and Corrosion Resistance
A special issue of Materials (ISSN 1996-1944). This special issue belongs to the section "Corrosion".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (20 October 2022) | Viewed by 7845
Special Issue Editor
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Antibacterial metals are a novel class of functional materials that generally have broad-spectrum antibacterial properties. Their development history has exceeded 20 years. The types of antibacterial metals are mainly divided into two kinds of treatment methods, namely coating treatment and adding antibacterial elements into the metals during the smelting process. The commonly recognized antibacterial metal elements include Ag, Cu, Zn, La, and Ce. In general, the addition of antibacterial elements has no obvious influence on the mechanical properties of the metal materials, and thus these kinds of antibacterial metals have very broad application prospects, such as in medical instruments and various utensils.
We believe that the development of antibacterial metals will depend on the design of the materials and the performance evaluation of new materials. Thus, this Special Issue will focus on the antibacterial design; preparation methods; antibacterial properties and mechanisms; and key service properties in specific environmental conditions, including mechanical, fatigue, wear, corrosion, and biosafety properties.
We kindly invite you to submit your work to this Special Issue. Full papers, communications, and reviews are all welcome.
Prof. Dr. Chunguang Yang
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- antibacterial property
- antibacterial mechanism
- biofilm
- preparation
- mechanical property
- fatigue
- wear
- corrosion
- biocompatibility
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