Comparative study of antibacterial properties of polystyrene films with TiO x and Cu nanoparticles fabricated using cluster beam technique.

ABSTRACT: Background: Antibacterial materials are of high importance for medicine, and for the production and conservation of food. Among these materials, polymer films with metal nanoparticles (NPs) are of considerable interest for many practical applications. Results: The paper describes a novel approach for the formation of bactericidal polymer thin films (polystyrene in this case), produced by spin-coating, with Ti and Cu NPs deposited from cluster beams. Ti NPs are treated in three different ways in order to study different approaches for oxidation and, thus, efficiency in formation of the particles with semiconducting properties required for the catalytic formation of reactive oxygen species. Cu NPs are used as deposited. Partial NP embedding into polystyrene is realised in a controllable mann

SUBMITTER: Popok VN 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5870157 | biostudies-literature | 2018

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature