Irradiation and Silver Deposition for Improvement of Nasopharyngeal AIrway Medical Device Properties

The thermal and mechanical properties of nasopharyngeal airway (NPA) samples are improved by irradiation using 4[Formula: see text]keV oxygen and nitrogen ion beams with different ion fluences varying from [Formula: see text] ions/cm2to [Formula: see text] ions/cm2. The thermal stability of NPA medical device increases with increasing nitrogen and oxygen ion fluences. The tensile strength increased from 48[Formula: see text]MPa for unirradiated sample to 74[Formula: see text]MPa for samples irradiated with nitrogen and to 58[Formula: see text]MPa for samples irradiated with oxygen ion, while the elongation at break decreases for irradiated samples. Silver thin films are deposited on NPA medical device samples using 4[Formula: see text]keV argon ion beam. The XRD spectra demonstrated that silver nanoparticles are deposited on NPA medical device substrate. The effects of Ag thin film on gram-positive and gram-negative bacteria are studied.