Evidence map›Paper›PMID 34065137›Full record

ReviewPolymers2021

Embracing Additive Manufacturing Technology through Fused Filament Fabrication for Antimicrobial with Enhanced Formulated Materials.

Waleed Ahmed, Sidra Siraj, Ali H Al-Marzouqi

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Review in Polymers, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 16 papers.

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0cells of the map it votes in
16citing papers in PubMed
3.2field-weighted citation impact, top 8% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

16 citing papers in PubMed, 43 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Waleed AhmedEngineering Requirements Unit, College of Engineering, United Arab Emirates University, Al Ain 15551, United Arab Emirates.ORCID 0000-0002-8294-0981
Sidra SirajChemical Engineering Department, COE, United Arab Emirates University, Al Ain 15551, United Arab Emirates.ORCID 0000-0002-5995-9190
Ali H Al-MarzouqiChemical Engineering Department, COE, United Arab Emirates University, Al Ain 15551, United Arab Emirates.ORCID 0000-0003-0008-6978
United Arab Emirates University · AE

Funding

United Arab Emirates University G00003334
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Antimicrobial materials produced by 3D Printing technology are very beneficial, especially for biomedical applications. Antimicrobial surfaces specifically with enhanced antibacterial property have been prepared using several quaternary salt-based agents, such as quaternary ammonium salts and metallic nanoparticles (NPs), such as copper and zinc, which are incorporated into a polymeric matrix mainly through copolymerization grafting and ionic exchange. This review compared different materials for their effectiveness in providing antimicrobial properties on surfaces. This study will help researchers choose the most suitable method of developing antimicrobial surfaces with the highest efficiency, which can be applied to develop products compatible with 3D Printing Technology.

Indexed as

3D printingantibacterialantimicrobialcomposite materialfused filament fabrication

Identifiers

PMID34065137
PMCPMC8125968
OpenAlexW3161972735

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Registered trials

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