https://doi.org/10.1051/epjap/2016150537
Regular Article
Atmospheric pressure plasma deposition of antimicrobial coatings on non-woven textiles*
1
Department of Applied Physics, Ghent University, Sint-Pietersnieuwstraat 41, 9000
Ghent, Belgium
2
Center for Medical Microbiology, Institute of Public Health, DzonaDzeksona bb, 81000
Podgorica, Montenegro
3
Jozef Stefan Institute, Jamova cesta 39, 1000
Ljubljana, Slovenia
a e-mail: anton.nikiforov@ugent.be
Received:
27
October
2015
Revised:
6
February
2016
Accepted:
18
March
2016
Published online: 8 August 2016
A simple method for preparation of nanoparticle incorporated non-woven fabric with high antibacterial efficiency has been proposed based on atmospheric pressure plasma process. In this work direct current plasma jet stabilized by fast nitrogen flow was used as a plasma deposition source. Three different types of the nanoparticles (silver, copper and zinc oxide nanoparticles) were employed as antimicrobial agents. X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS) measurements have shown a positive chemical shift observed for Ag 3d 5/2 (at 368.1 eV) suggests that silver nanoparticles (AgNPs) are partly oxidized during the deposition. The surface chemistry and the antibacterial activity of the samples against Staphylococcus aureus and Escherichia coli were investigated and analyzed. It is shown that the samples loaded with nanoparticles of Ag and Cu and having the barrier layer of 10 nm characterized by almost 97% of bacterial reduction whereas the samples with ZnO nanoparticles provide 86% reduction of Staphylococcus aureus.
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