Enhancing Implantable Medical Devices: Surface Functionalization of Titanium with Quaternary Ammonium Salts for Antibacterial Adhesion Properties

• Consuelo Celesti,
• Daniela Iannazzo,
• Elpida Piperopoulos,
• Bartolo Gabriele,
• Raffaella Mancuso,
• Giuseppa Visalli,
• Alessio Facciolà,
• Antonio Laganà

Affiliations

Consuelo Celesti

Department of Engineering, University of Messina, Messina, Contrada Di Dio, Italy

Daniela Iannazzo

Department of Engineering, University of Messina, Messina, Contrada Di Dio, Italy

Elpida Piperopoulos

Department of Engineering, University of Messina, Messina, Contrada Di Dio, Italy

Bartolo Gabriele

Laboratory of Industrial and Synthetic Organic Chemistry (LISOC), Department of Chemistry and Chemical Technologies, University of Calabria, Arcavacata di Rende (CS), Italy

Raffaella Mancuso

Laboratory of Industrial and Synthetic Organic Chemistry (LISOC), Department of Chemistry and Chemical Technologies, University of Calabria, Arcavacata di Rende (CS), Italy

Giuseppa Visalli

Department of Biomedical and Dental Sciences and Morphofunctional Imaging, University of Messina, Messina, Italy

Alessio Facciolà

Department of Biomedical and Dental Sciences and Morphofunctional Imaging, University of Messina, Messina, Italy

Antonio Laganà

Department of Biomedical and Dental Sciences and Morphofunctional Imaging, University of Messina, Messina, Italy