Foster, HA, Sheel, DW, Evans, P, Sheel, P, Varghese, S, Elfakhri, SO, Hodgkinson, JL and Yates, HM ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3261-0183
2012,
'Antimicrobial activity against hospital-related pathogens of
dual layer CuO/TiO2 coatings prepared by CVD'
, Chemical Vapor Deposition, 18 (4-6)
, pp. 140-146.
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Abstract
Photocatalytically active films of TiO2/CuO grown by atmospheric pressure thermal (APT)CVD are investigated for activity against multiple antibiotic-resistant pathogens namely, Acinetobacter baumannii, Escherichia coli, Klebsiella pneumoniae, vancomycin-resistant enterococci (VRE), and a recent isolate of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA), that have been shown to persist in the hospital environment. The bacteria are killed by UVA irradiation of the photocatalyst with a>5 log kill within 4–6 h except for the MRSA where a 2–3 log kill is obtained after 6 h increasing to >5 log after 24 h. There is antimicrobial activity in the dark which is enhanced by irradiation with fluorescent light. There is also activity at 5 8C under UVA, but activity is lower when fluorescent light is used for illumination.
Item Type: | Article |
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Themes: | Health and Wellbeing |
Schools: | Schools > School of Environment and Life Sciences > Biomedical Research Centre Schools > School of Computing, Science and Engineering > Salford Innovation Research Centre |
Journal or Publication Title: | Chemical Vapor Deposition |
Publisher: | Wiley |
Refereed: | Yes |
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Funders: | EU 7th Framework Programme for Research and Technological Development |
Depositing User: | HM Yates |
Date Deposited: | 08 Jun 2015 18:16 |
Last Modified: | 16 Feb 2022 16:33 |
URI: | https://usir.salford.ac.uk/id/eprint/34797 |
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