Fig. 6.
(a) Diagrammatic illustration of the process involved in eliminating from Ti-M/I/RGD implant, already-established S. aureus's biofilm. (b) Acid etched Ti, Ti-M SEM images. (c) Images of S. aureus colonies following different treatment Ti, Ti-M, Ti-M/RGD, and Ti-M/I/RGD with the anti-biofilm efficiency. (d) SEM images of the morphology of bacteria treated with Ti, Ti + NIR, Ti-M + NIR (50 °C), Ti-M/RGD + NIR (50 °C), Ti-M/I/RGD + NIR (37 °C), and Ti-M/I/RGD + NIR (50 °C), and (e) the images of the live/dead staining assay for the S. aureus. With permission, reprinted from Ref. [104]. Copyright 2019 Elsevier.