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ArticleMaterials (Basel, Switzerland)2026

Comparative Assessment of Fungal Biofilm Development on PEEK and PDMS Biomaterials and the Antifungal Potential of TiO

Gabriela Angeles-de Paz, Luisa Ixchel Perez-Garcia, Fernando Torres-Ariza, Michelle Ramírez-Mireles, Hugo Martínez-Gutiérrez, Martín Daniel Trejo-Valdez, Aída Verónica Rodríguez-Tovar, Christopher René Torres-SanMiguel

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Article in Materials (Basel, Switzerland), 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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8 authors.

Gabriela Angeles-de PazInstituto Politécnico Nacional, Escuela Superior de Ingeniería Mecánica y Eléctrica, Sección de Estudios de Posgrado e Investigación, Zacatenco, Mexico City 07300, Mexico.ORCID 0000-0002-0334-2685
Luisa Ixchel Perez-GarciaInstituto Politécnico Nacional, Escuela Nacional de Ciencias Biológicas, Departamento de Microbiología, Laboratorio de Micología Médica, Unidad Profesional Lázaro Cárdenas, Casco de Sto. Tomás, Mexico City 011340, Mexico.ORCID 0009-0003-7070-2497
Fernando Torres-ArizaInstituto Politécnico Nacional, Escuela Nacional de Ciencias Biológicas, Departamento de Microbiología, Laboratorio de Micología Médica, Unidad Profesional Lázaro Cárdenas, Casco de Sto. Tomás, Mexico City 011340, Mexico.
Michelle Ramírez-MirelesInstituto Politécnico Nacional, Escuela Nacional de Ciencias Biológicas, Departamento de Microbiología, Laboratorio de Micología Médica, Unidad Profesional Lázaro Cárdenas, Casco de Sto. Tomás, Mexico City 011340, Mexico.
Hugo Martínez-GutiérrezInstituto Politécnico Nacional, Centro de Nanociencias y Micro y Nanotecnologías (CNMN), Laboratorio de Microscopía de Barrido de Ultra Alta Resolución, Av. Luis Enrique Erro S/N, Unidad Profesional Adolfo López Mateos, Zacatenco, Gustavo A. Madero, Mexico City 07738, Mexico.ORCID 0000-0001-5161-5134
Martín Daniel Trejo-ValdezInstituto Politécnico Nacional-ESIQIE, Laboratorio de Investigación en Nanomateriales y Energías Limpias, Zacatenco, Gustavo A. Madero, Mexico City 07738, Mexico.ORCID 0000-0002-7953-4632
Aída Verónica Rodríguez-TovarInstituto Politécnico Nacional, Escuela Nacional de Ciencias Biológicas, Departamento de Microbiología, Laboratorio de Micología Médica, Unidad Profesional Lázaro Cárdenas, Casco de Sto. Tomás, Mexico City 011340, Mexico.ORCID 0000-0002-5514-8972
Christopher René Torres-SanMiguelInstituto Politécnico Nacional, Escuela Superior de Ingeniería Mecánica y Eléctrica, Sección de Estudios de Posgrado e Investigación, Zacatenco, Mexico City 07300, Mexico.ORCID 0000-0003-0291-7384

Funding

Secretaría de Ciencia, Humanidades, Tecnología e Innovación (Secihti) MAD-TEC-2025-M-143Secretaria de investigación y Posgrado (IPN) SIP-MULTI-2026-0023-M4
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Polyether ether ketones (PEEK) and polydimethylsiloxanes (PDMS) are widely used biomaterials; however, their susceptibility to microbial colonization remains a limitation in clinical applications. This study comparatively evaluated biofilm formation by

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antifungalbiofilmbiomaterials

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PMID42882660
PMCPMC13666015

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