Prevention of bacterial colonization on non-thermal atmospheric plasma treated surgical sutures for control and prevention of surgical site infections
Fig 5
Change in water contact angle on NTAP treated sutures in comparison with untreated sutures.
(A) After 7-minute NTAP treatment of sutures, the water contact angle drops to 0° on all suture materials. (B) In consequence of 0° contact angle obtained by 7-minute NTAP treatment, dispersion of water droplet on suture samples could be observed by naked eye.