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Showing 1 to 12 of 12 for “"Antimicrobial coatings"”.
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Stable Fluorinated Antimicrobial Coatings
Contact antimicrobials for use in the medical device industry are being studied extensively to minimize the risk of hospital acquired infections, which are among the top ten leading causes of death in the US. Surfaces modified with quaternary ammonium containing side chains have been known to …
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Development and Mechanism of Action of Antimicrobial Coatings
Antimicrobial coatings can inhibit the spread, via surfaces, of various diseases that infect humans. Antimicrobial coatings are useful because they can continue to kill pathogens (germs) for a long time after the surface is coated. This is a big improvement over use of common disinfectants that …
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Optimization of antimicrobial chitosan coating for silicone
… be achieved with antibacterial, biocompatible coatings that resist bacterial adhesion, colonization, and biofilm growth. The current project focused on developing antimicrobial coatings, based on chitosan, for silicone elastomers, a common material in implants and other medical devices. …
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Chemical vapor deposition of antimicrobial polymer coatings
… making a wide variety of materials and surfaces antimicrobial. Initiated chemical vapor deposition (iCVD), a solventless low-temperature process, is used to form thin films of polymers on fragile substrates. To improve research efficiency, a new combinatorial iCVD system was fabricated and used …
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Nanostructured Coatings for Antimicrobial Applications
… developed and assessed with respect to their antimicrobial activity. A quartz crystal microbalance was used to monitor the built up of the multilayers in real time, confirming the presence of strong electrostatic interactions between the negatively charged Nafion and the positively charged …
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Surface Coatings for Antimicrobial Activity and Fast Evaporation
Coatings play a pivotal role in everyday life and across various industries. They offer protection, corrosion resistance, insulation, optical improvements, aesthetics, etc. This study investigates the design, fabrication, characterization and evaluation of surface coatings in two areas: …
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Photocatalytic thin films: their characterisation and antimicrobial properties
… thin films and the assessment of their antimicrobial properties. When exposed to light of wavelength less than 380 nm TiO2 films can demonstrate self-cleaning and self-disinfecting properties. This is due to photocatalytic processes occurring on the film surface resulting in film …
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Inorganic Nanoparticle Nucleation on Polymer Matrices
… have been introduced into polymers for use as antimicrobial coatings or dielectric materials, respectively. The challenge in creating these materials currently is the difficulty to homogeneously disperse the particles throughout the polymer matrix. The uneven dispersion of nanoparticles can …
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Multi-functional polymers from polyamines and functional five-membered cyclic carbonates
… multi-functional poly(ethylene imine)s for antimicrobial polymer and primer polymer for textile finishing were prepared. The main concept for the synthesis of multi-functional polymers comprises the coupling of two (functional) amines using a dicarbonate linker, …
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INVESTIGATING PROTEIN - BILAYER COMPLEXES: A STUDY OF LIGAND - RECEPTOR INTERACTIONS AT MODEL MEMBRANE SURFACE BY USING ELECTRONIC ABSORPTION SPECTROSCOPY AND FLUORESCENCE RESONANCE ENERGY TRANSFER.
… the encapsulation and controlled delivery of antimicrobial compounds from liposomes. Use of antimicrobial coatings on food packaging is one of the important technologies of active packaging for improving food safety. There is growing demand for natural antimicrobials because of fear of adverse …
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Functionalization of PVC using a mussel-inspired coating strategy to target the polymicrobial nature of ventilator-associated pneumonia
… hence, strategies to impart these devices with antimicrobial properties are in great need. As such, this PhD project aimed to engineer an antimicrobial coating for ETTs to prevent VAP occurrence. Since the polymicrobial (intra- and interkingdom) nature of VAP is of particular concern, this work …