Copper layers sputtered on PTFE: Effect of annealing on antibacterial performance
The result's identifiers
Result code in IS VaVaI
<a href="https://www.isvavai.cz/riv?ss=detail&h=RIV%2F60461373%3A22310%2F20%3A43921119" target="_blank" >RIV/60461373:22310/20:43921119 - isvavai.cz</a>
Alternative codes found
RIV/60461373:22330/20:43921119
Result on the web
<a href="https://doi.org/10.1016/j.mtcomm.2020.101207" target="_blank" >https://doi.org/10.1016/j.mtcomm.2020.101207</a>
DOI - Digital Object Identifier
<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.mtcomm.2020.101207" target="_blank" >10.1016/j.mtcomm.2020.101207</a>
Alternative languages
Result language
angličtina
Original language name
Copper layers sputtered on PTFE: Effect of annealing on antibacterial performance
Original language description
The mechanism of antibacterial effect of copper nanostructures is still not fully recognized. Therefore, the goal of our work lies in investigating the impact of Cu sputtering and post-deposition annealing on surface and antibacterial properties of Cu layers created on polytetrafluoroethylene (PTFE). Subsequent annealing revealed intensified oxidation and rearrangement in the surface of Cu layers. Non-annealed Cu layers on PTFE consisted of Cu° and a mixture of Cu1+ and Cu2+ oxides. These layers exhibited properties similarly to bulk Cu, which were represented by surface plasmon resonance (SPR) band in UV–vis spectra and a soar in electrical conductance. On the contrary, annealed Cu layers possessed these characteristics leaving high electrical resistance and no SPR band. Moreover, X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy results revealed that the annealed layers prevailed of Cu2+ oxides and the annealing process led to the formation of an island crystalline structure, disruption of layer continuity and exposure of the PTFE surface. Although the annealing process was not followed by significant changes in surface roughness, the island-like structure was well defined in atomic force and scanning electron microscopy images. Antibacterial tests were evaluated against Staphylococcus epidermidis and Escherichia coli. Annealed samples showed less pronounced antibacterial effect while non-annealed Cu layers sputtered for 400 s demonstrated the highest antibacterial effect against both bacterial strains. Such nanostructured substrates are promising for flexible electronics and biomedical application (i.e. bacterial biofilm inhibition).
Czech name
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Czech description
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Classification
Type
J<sub>imp</sub> - Article in a specialist periodical, which is included in the Web of Science database
CEP classification
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OECD FORD branch
20501 - Materials engineering
Result continuities
Project
<a href="/en/project/GA20-01768S" target="_blank" >GA20-01768S: Smart magnetic materials: from bulk systems towards “spinterface”</a><br>
Continuities
P - Projekt vyzkumu a vyvoje financovany z verejnych zdroju (s odkazem do CEP)
Others
Publication year
2020
Confidentiality
S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů
Data specific for result type
Name of the periodical
Materials Today Communications
ISSN
2352-4928
e-ISSN
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Volume of the periodical
24
Issue of the periodical within the volume
SEP 2020
Country of publishing house
NL - THE KINGDOM OF THE NETHERLANDS
Number of pages
12
Pages from-to
"101207/1"-12
UT code for WoS article
000571137400008
EID of the result in the Scopus database
2-s2.0-85084791750