NUCRYST's Nanocrystalline Silver Technology

NUCRYST's manufacturing technology is based on a physical vapour deposition (PVD) process called magnetron sputtering. The process begins by bombarding silver with positive ions to liberate, or sputter, nanosized silver-containing particles. These nanosized silver containing particles are then recondensed to form new atomically disordered nanocrystalline structures.

The first application of NUCRYST's nanocrystalline silver was coatings for medical devices called SILCRYST™ coatings. By converting silver's microcrystalline structure into an atomically disordered nanocrystalline coating, NUCRYST's nanocrystalline silver releases silver ions in greater quantities than naturally occurring microcrystalline silver.

Healthcare professionals around the world use wound care products with NUCRYST's SILCRYST™ coating to combat infection and inflammation on a wide variety of wound types including life threatening burns and chronic wounds.