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00925njm 22002777a 4500 dc García Mintegui, Claudia author Goncharov, Ivan author Ortiz Membrado, Laia author Jiménez Piqué, Emilio author Ginebra Molins, Maria Pau author Vedani, Maurizio author Cortina Pallás, José Luis author Pegueroles Neyra, Marta author 2023-04-01 Actual polymeric wound closure devices are not optimal for load-bearing applications due to the low mechanical properties and the risk of inflammation and bacterial infection mainly produced by multifilament and braided configurations. Biodegradable metallic Zn alloys are promising materials candidates; however, mechanical performance, corrosion behaviour, and biological response should be controlled in order to inhibit the risk of inflammation and bacterial infection. To this end, a Zn-2Ag (2 wt% Ag) alloy was processed by ECAP to evaluate the concurrent combined effect of grain refinement and Ag alloying on biodegradation and antibacterial activity. Two ECAP cycles were successfully applied to a Zn-2Ag alloy obtaining a homogeneous ultra-fine-grained structure in which nanoindentation maps suggested isotropic mechanical properties. Lower UTS and YS with higher elongation was reported after ECAP with similar corrosion rates as before processing. ECAP processed samples showed a homogeneous Ag+ release below the minimum inhibitory concentration for S. Aureus and no antibacterial effect was observed by diffusion. As expected, the presence of Ag in Zn-Ag alloys reduced bacterial attachment. Nevertheless, ECAP processed Zn-2Ag provided an excellent antibacterial activity after 3 h probably caused by the uniformly degraded and thus, non– stable, surface observed after bacterial adhesion. Peer Reviewed Postprint (published version) Àrees temàtiques de la UPC::Enginyeria dels materials Biomedical materials Nanotechnology Binary alloys Biomaterials Equal channel angular pressing Nanoindentation Ultrafine-grained materials Zinc alloys Materials biomèdics Nanotecnologia Influence of ECAP process on mechanical, corrosion and bacterial properties of Zn-2Ag alloy for wound closure devices