Journal
COMPOSITES PART B-ENGINEERING
Volume 244, Issue -, Pages -Publisher
ELSEVIER SCI LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.compositesb.2022.110147
Keywords
Antibacterial; Fire-safety; MXene; Nanocoating; Layer-by-layer deposition
Funding
- Australian Research Council Industrial Transformation Training Center in the University of New South Wales [ARC IC170100032]
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A multifunctional coating with dual antibacterial and flame retardant properties was successfully synthesized using a layer-by-layer assembly technique. The coating showed excellent antibacterial performance against both gram-negative and gram-positive bacteria, as well as outstanding flame retardancy. This coating technology has great potential for eliminating fire risks in healthcare settings and providing antibacterial properties to furniture, walls, and building panels.
Antibacterial surfaces in healthcare settings are an important tool for combating the increasing threat of antibacterial drug resistance, which the global Covid-19 pandemic has further exacerbated. Herein, we report a new method to achieve dual antibacterial and flame retardant functionalities in flexible polyurethane foam (PUF) by synthesising a multifunctional coating using a layer-by-layer assembly technique. The coating consists of Ti3C2 nanosheets and chitosan as the flame retardant and metal particles (copper or silver) for the antibacterial property. Results show that the multilayer Ti3C2/CH/Ag coating possesses excellent antibacterial performance with reductions of 99.97% in gram-negative bacteria (P. aeruginosa) and 88.9% in gram-positive bacteria (S. aureus) compared with the unmodified counterpart. Compared with the pristine PUF, the multifunctional coating yielded 66.3% reductions in the PHRR, and demonstrated outstanding smoke suppression performance with a PSPR reduction of 51.6% and a TSR decline of 65.5%. Moreover, Raman spectroscopy revealed an increased graphitisation level in the residual char of the coated foam, indicating the coating's remarkable charring performance. This exceptional multifunctional performance endows the coating technology with a great potential for eradicating the fire risks of antibacterial surfaces in healthcare settings and providing furniture, interior walls and building panels with antibacterial properties.
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