- Glass-(nAg, nCu) biocide coatings on ceramic oxide substrates.
Glass-(nAg, nCu) biocide coatings on ceramic oxide substrates.
PloS one (2012-03-20)
Leticia Esteban-Tejeda, Francisco Malpartida, Luis Antonio Díaz, Ramón Torrecillas, Fernando Rojo, José Serafín Moya
PMID22427967
要旨
The present work was focused on obtaining biocide coatings constituted by a glassy soda-lime matrix containing silver or copper nanoparticles on ceramic (alumina and zirconia based) substrates. Both glassy coatings showed a high biocide activity against Gram-, Gram+ bacteria and yeast, reducing cell numbers more than three logarithms. Silver nanoparticles had a significantly higher biocide activity than copper nanoparticles, since the lixiviation levels required to reduce cell numbers more than 3 logarithms was of almost 1-2 µg/cm(2) in the case of silver nanoparticles, and 10-15 µg/cm(2) for the copper nanoparticles.