Self-sterilizing and self-cleaning of silicone catheters coated with TiO2 photocatalyst thin films: A preclinical work

Journal of Biomedical Materials Research

Volumn 58, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 97-101

  Ohko, Yoshihisa ^a,d   Utsumi, Yosuke ^b,d   Niwa, Chisa ^c,d   Tatsuma, Tetsu ^a   Kobayakawa, Koichi ^b   Satoh, Yuichi ^b   Kubota, Yoshinobu ^c,d   Fujishima, Akira ^a,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b KANAGAWA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c YOKOHAMA CITY UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d KANAGAWA ACADEMY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Self cleaning; Self sterilizing; Silicone catheters; Tensile and bending stresses; TiO2 photocatalyst

Indexed keywords

SILICON;

ARTICLE; CATALYSIS; CATHETER; CATHETER INFECTION; CLEANING; INSTRUMENT STERILIZATION; NONHUMAN; TENSILE STRENGTH;

COATED MATERIALS, BIOCOMPATIBLE; EQUIPMENT CONTAMINATION; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; ESCHERICHIA COLI; INFECTION CONTROL; MATERIALS TESTING; METHYLENE BLUE; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; PHOTOCHEMISTRY; PLIABILITY; REACTIVE OXYGEN SPECIES; SILICONES; STERILIZATION; SULFURIC ACIDS; TENSILE STRENGTH; TITANIUM; ULTRAVIOLET RAYS;

BENDING STRENGTH; CATHETERS; COLIFORM BACTERIA; PROTECTIVE COATINGS; SILICONES; STERILIZATION (CLEANING); SULFURIC ACID; TENSILE STRESS; TITANIUM OXIDES; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

BACTERICIDAL EFFECT; SILICONE CATHETERS;

BIOMATERIALS;

EID: 0034818610     PISSN: 00219304     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/1097-4636(2001)58:1<97::AID-JBM140>3.0.CO;2-8     Document Type: Article

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