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Plasma-surface modification techniques creating a special type of antimicrobial surface involving silver (Ag) nanoparticles embedded into titanium (Ti); it is proposed that Ag and Ti represent a micro-galvanic pair with different potentials in the presence of electrolyte solution; the cathodic reaction will create a proton-depleted region between bacterial membrane and Ti substrate, which leads to disruption of the adenosine triphosphate synthesis and bacteria death.
