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JOURNAL OF MATERIALS CHEMISTRY B
卷 2, 期 19, 页码 2855-2860出版社
ROYAL SOC CHEMISTRY
DOI: 10.1039/c4tb00196f
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- EPSRC through the UCL MMMS Doctoral Training Centre
- Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council [955761, 955760, EP/C546628/1] Funding Source: researchfish
Hospital acquired infections are prevalent in many hospitals and contaminated touch surfaces are a route of transmission. To find a solution for this, copper and copper oxide thin films were deposited via aerosol assisted chemical vapour deposition using copper nitrate as the precursor and the films were characterised by a range of techniques including powder X-ray diffraction and scanning electron microscopy. The antimicrobial activity of the deposited copper and copper oxide films were investigated against Staphylococcus aureus (S. aureus) and Escherichia coli (E. coli). A 5-log(10) reduction in the viable counts of E. coli was observed on the copper thin films after 30 minutes while a 2-log(10) reduction was observed on copper oxide films after 1 hour. In the case of S. aureus both copper and copper oxide films exhibited 4-log(10) reduction after 1 hour. The high antimicrobial efficacy of the Cu2O films, approaching that of the pure copper films, suggests that oxide formation on copper objects should not significantly impair their antimicrobial activity.
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