Flexible antibacterial Al–Cu–N films

Musil, J.; Blažek, J.; Fajfrlík, Karel; Čerstvý, R.

doi:10.1016/j.surfcoat.2015.01.006

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“…Recently, the MS route [110] has been used also to deposit coatings on textiles and catheters [111], implants [112] and on food packaging [2,113]. At the laboratory level, this technique allows the synthesis of thin films up to the micron scale, together with the possibility of mixing materials to obtain the desired functionality [44,111,114]. In short, the sputtering process is obtained by applying an electric field between two electrodes within a medium vacuum chamber (see the scheme in Figure 2a).…”

Section: Magnetron Sputteringmentioning

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“…Moreover, when such coatings are deposited on flexible substrates, they easily crack and/or delaminate due to the residual stress resulting from the growth mode (for some reviews on thin film growth modes and on the effect on surfaces, see for instance [119,120]). This issue has recently been investigated for antibacterial films prepared by reactive magnetron sputtering for Cr-Cu-O [44,118], Al-Cu-N [44,114] and Zr-Cu-N [121], where the influence of Cu content on the mechanical and bactericidal properties of the film have been measured. The mechanical characteristics measured through Vickers tests were the film hardness H, defined as its resistance to local plastic deformation [122], the elastic recovery We, defined as the fraction of a given deformation of a solid which behaves elastically [123], the Young's modulus E and the effective Young's modulus E* = E(1 − ν 2 ), where ν = Poisson ratio has been obtained by mechanical indentation.…”

Section: Magnetron Sputteringmentioning

confidence: 99%

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Antimicrobial Nanostructured Coatings: A Gas Phase Deposition and Magnetron Sputtering Perspective

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Counteracting the spreading of multi-drug-resistant pathogens, taking place through surface-mediated cross-contamination, is amongst the higher priorities in public health policies. For these reason an appropriate design of antimicrobial nanostructured coatings may allow to exploit different antimicrobial mechanisms pathways, to be specifically activated by tailoring the coatings composition and morphology. Furthermore, their mechanical properties are of the utmost importance in view of the antimicrobial surface durability. Indeed, the coating properties might be tuned differently according to the specific synthesis method. The present review focuses on nanoparticle based bactericidal coatings obtained via magneton-spattering and supersonic cluster beam deposition. The bacteria–NP interaction mechanisms are first reviewed, thus making clear the requirements that a nanoparticle-based film should meet in order to serve as a bactericidal coating. Paradigmatic examples of coatings, obtained by magnetron sputtering and supersonic cluster beam deposition, are discussed. The emphasis is on widening the bactericidal spectrum so as to be effective both against gram-positive and gram-negative bacteria, while ensuring a good adhesion to a variety of substrates and mechanical durability. It is discussed how this goal may be achieved combining different elements into the coating.

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“…The drastic effect of extremely low amounts of Cu released during the bacterial inactivation can be rationalized by the high toxicity of Cu(Cu(I)/Cu(II) species/oxides on the bacteria and cannot be ascribed to any doping of the TiO 2 by Cu, which requires much higher Cu-amounts. Recent developments on flexible antibacterial sputtered coatings have been reported using Cu as a bactericide agent in the composite films [182][183][184].…”

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Recent Developments in Accelerated Antibacterial Inactivation on 2D Cu-Titania Surfaces under Indoor Visible Light

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This review focuses on Cu/TiO 2 sequentially sputtered and Cu-TiO 2 co-sputtered catalytic/photocatalytic surfaces that lead to bacterial inactivation, discussing their stability, synthesis, adhesion, and antibacterial kinetics. The intervention of TiO 2 , Cu, and the synergic effect of Cu and TiO 2 on films prepared by a colloidal sol-gel method leading to bacterial inactivation is reviewed. Processes in aerobic and anaerobic media leading to bacterial loss of viability in multidrug resistant (MDR) pathogens, Gram-negative, and Gram-positive bacteria are described. Insight is provided for the interfacial charge transfer mechanism under solar irradiation occurring between TiO 2 and Cu. Surface properties of 2D TiO 2 /Cu and TiO 2 -Cu films are correlated with the bacterial inactivation kinetics in dark and under light conditions. The intervention of these antibacterial sputtered surfaces in health-care facilities, leading to Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus Aureus (MRSA)-isolates inactivation, is described in dark and under actinic light conditions. The synergic intervention of the Cu and TiO 2 films leading to bacterial inactivation prepared by direct current magnetron sputtering (DCMS), pulsed direct current magnetron sputtering (DCMSP), and high power impulse magnetron sputtering (HIPIMS) is reported in a detailed manner.

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“…For antibacterial coatings, a long lifetime is a key requirement in many practical applications when these coatings are deposited on contact surfaces of rigid or flexible substrates and must simultaneously exhibit two functions: antibacterial and protective. Recently, it has been shown that flexible antibacterial coatings can provide good mechanical protection of substrates [ 34 , 35 , 36 , 37 , 38 ]. The formation of antibacterial coatings with a high efficiency of killing of bacteria that simultaneously demonstrates good mechanical properties is, however, quite a difficult task [ 13 , 24 , 39 , 40 , 41 ].…”

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“…The mechanical properties of the coating, e.g., the hardness ( H ), the effective Young’s modulus ( E* ), the elastic recovery ( W e ), and the H/E* ratio, which ensure its enhanced resistance to cracking, i.e., its flexibility, were found [ 34 , 35 , 36 ]. These new properties were demonstrated on reactively sputtered several-micrometer-thick flexible, antibacterial and protective Al–Cu–N [ 37 ] and Zr–Cu–N [ 38 ] coatings in a dual-magnetron system with a closed magnetic field [ 42 ]. It is shown that the Al–Cu–N and Zr–Cu–N coatings with enhanced resistance to cracking very effectively kill the Escherichia coli bacteria in the daylight as well as in the dark.…”

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Flexible Antibacterial Coatings

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2017

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This article reviews the present state of the art in the field of flexible antibacterial coatings which efficiently kill bacteria on their surfaces. Coatings are formed using a reactive magnetron sputtering. The effect of the elemental composition and structure of the coating on its antibacterial and mechanical properties is explained. The properties of Cr–Cu–O, Al–Cu–N, and Zr–Cu–N antibacterial coatings are used as examples and described in detail. The efficiency of killing of bacteria was tested for the Escherichia coli bacterium. The principle of the formation of thick, flexible antibacterial coatings which are resistant to cracking under bending is explained. It is shown that magnetron sputtering enables production of robust, several-micrometer thick, flexible antibacterial coatings for long-term use. The antibacterial coatings produced by magnetron sputtering present huge potential for many applications.

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Flexible antibacterial Al–Cu–N films

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Antimicrobial Nanostructured Coatings: A Gas Phase Deposition and Magnetron Sputtering Perspective

Antimicrobial Nanostructured Coatings: A Gas Phase Deposition and Magnetron Sputtering Perspective

Recent Developments in Accelerated Antibacterial Inactivation on 2D Cu-Titania Surfaces under Indoor Visible Light

Flexible Antibacterial Coatings

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