Publications by authors named "D Snihirova"
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- Mg-based biomaterials have great potential due to their properties, but they face issues with uncontrollable corrosion and risk of infections from pathogens.
- This study focuses on creating a PEO-coated Mg biomaterial infused with antibacterial Ag(I) and Cu(II) complexes to enhance corrosion resistance and provide antibacterial protection.
- Various analysis techniques confirm the effectiveness of the fluoride-containing PEO coating and show that the modified coatings are effective against both Gram-positive and Gram-negative bacteria.
Severe corrosion of Mg and Mg alloys is a major issue hindering their wider application in transportation industry, medical implants and aqueous batteries. Previously, no Mg-based material has been found with a significantly lower corrosion rate than that of ultra-high-purity Mg, i.e.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFMagnesium primary cells are currently experiencing a renaissance following the suggestion of new strategies to boost their performance. The strategies suggested will maintain utilization efficiencies of 30-70%, which is considered to be relatively modest. In this work, the highest ever reported level of utilization efficiency of 82% is achieved for a Mg-based primary cell using a synergistic combination of electrolyte additives.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFHydroxyapatite microparticles as feedback-active reservoirs of corrosion inhibitors.
ACS Appl Mater Interfaces
November 2010
This work contributes to the development of new feedback-active anticorrosion systems. Inhibitor-doped hydroxyapatite microparticles (HAP) are used as reservoirs, storing corrosion inhibitor to be released on demand. Release of the entrapped inhibitor is triggered by redox reactions associated with the corrosion process.
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