Antifungal activity of polymer-based copper nanocomposite coatings

Applied Physics Letters

Volumn 85, Issue 12, 2004, Pages 2417-2419

  Cioffi, Nicola ^a   Torsi, Luisa ^a   Ditaranto, Nicoletta ^a   Sabbatini, Luigia ^a   Zambonin, Pier Giorgio ^a   Tantillo, Giuseppina ^a   Ghibelli, Lina ^b   D'Alessio, Maria ^b   Bleve Zacheo, Teresa ^c   Traversa, Enrico ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARI   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ROME TOR VERGATA   (Italy)

^c INSTITUTE FOR SUSTAINABLE PLANT PROTECTION   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABSORPTION SPECTROSCOPY; ATOMIC SPECTROSCOPY; BIOTECHNOLOGY; COLLOIDS; COPPER; ELECTROCHEMISTRY; FUNGI; GROWTH KINETICS; POLYVINYL CHLORIDES; SPIN COATING; SURFACE ACTIVE AGENTS; SYNTHESIS (CHEMICAL); TOXICITY; X RAY PHOTOELECTRON SPECTROSCOPY;

ANTIFUNGAL COATINGS; BIOACTIVE COATINGS; COPPER NANOCOMPOSITES; ELECTROTHERMAL ATOMIC ABSORPTION SPECTROSCOPY (ETAAS);

NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS;

EID: 7044264522     PISSN: 00036951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.1794381     Document Type: Article

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