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JOURNAL OF THERMAL SPRAY TECHNOLOGY
卷 32, 期 4, 页码 818-830出版社
SPRINGER
DOI: 10.1007/s11666-023-01553-x
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bonding mechanism; cold spray; copper powder; rubber substrate; viricidal test; antimicrobial test; contact inactivation
The objective of this study was to prepare a copper-coated rubber surface using cold spray technology with improved virucidal and antimicrobial properties. A successful cold spray coating was produced using irregular-shaped pure Cu powder on an escalator handrail rubber. The coated surface showed significant inactivation of baculovirus and reduction of HCoV-229E and E. coli, indicating potential applications in the health sector.
The objective of this study was to prepare a copper-coated rubber surface using cold spray technology with improved virucidal and antimicrobial properties to fight against highly transmissible viruses and bacteria. A successful cold spray coating was produced using irregular-shaped pure Cu powder on an escalator handrail rubber. The powder particles and the deposited coatings (single and double pass) were characterized in terms of particle morphology and size distribution, coating surface and coat/substrate cross-section properties. The bonding between powder and rubber surfaces was purely mechanical interlocking. The Cu powder penetration depth within the rubber surface increases with a number of depositions pass. The virucidal properties of the coated surface were tested utilizing surrogates for SARS-CoV-2: HCoV-229E, a seasonal human coronavirus, and baculovirus, a high-titer enveloped insect cell virus. A double-pass coated surface showed significant baculovirus inactivation relative to a bare rubber control surface after 2-h (approximately 1.7-log) and 4-h (approximately 6.2-log), while a 4-h exposure reduced HCoV-229E titer to below the limit of detection. A similar microbial test was performed using E. coli, showing a 4-log microbial reduction after 2-h exposure relative to the bare rubber. These promising results open a new application for cold spray in the health sector.
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