Hassan Iman A, Sathasivam Sanjayan, Nair Sean P, Carmalt Claire J
Materials Chemistry Centre, Department of Chemistry, University College London, 20 Gordon Street, London WC1H 0AJ, U.K.
Department of Microbial Diseases, UCL Eastman Dental Institute, 256 Gray's Inn Road, London WC1X 8LD, U.K.
ACS Omega. 2017 Aug 31;2(8):4556-4562. doi: 10.1021/acsomega.7b00759. Epub 2017 Aug 16.
We report the first antimicrobial study of transparent and robust Cu-doped ZnO coatings that displayed potent antimicrobial activity that resulted in bacterial () reduction below detection limits within 6 h of illumination via a white light source that is found in hospital environments. The same bacterial reduction rate was observed even under darkness for 4.0 atom % Cu-doped ZnO films thus providing an efficient 24 h disinfection. All films were produced via a novel, inexpensive, and easily scalable route and were also thoroughly analyzed for their material properties.
我们报告了对透明且坚固的铜掺杂氧化锌涂层的首次抗菌研究,该涂层展现出强大的抗菌活性,通过医院环境中常见的白光源照射,在6小时内可使细菌()减少至检测限以下。对于4.0原子%的铜掺杂氧化锌薄膜,即使在黑暗条件下也观察到相同的细菌减少率,从而实现了高效的24小时消毒。所有薄膜均通过一种新颖、廉价且易于扩展的方法制备,并对其材料特性进行了全面分析。