Facile surface functional polyetheretherketone with antibacterial and immunoregulatory activities for enhanced regeneration toward bacterium-infected bone destruction

• Main Authors: An'an Sun (Author), Xi Lin (Author), Zhiqiang Xue (Author), Jiyue Huang (Author), Xinxin Bai (Author), Lingling Huang (Author), Xinhua Lin (Author), Shaohuang Weng (Author), Min Chen (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Taylor & Francis Group, 2021-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Existing biologically inert or unmodified implants to treat infectious bone defects or osteomyelitis still cannot effectively solve bacterial infection and osseointegration. In this work, a simple co-deposition strategy was developed to modify porous polyetheretherketone (PEEK) with improved antibac...