Highly Efficient F, Cu doped TiO2 anti-bacterial visible light active photocatalytic coatings to combat hospital-acquired infections

Scientific Reports

Volumn 6, Issue , 2016, Pages

  Leyland, Nigel S ^a   Podporska Carroll, Joanna ^b   Browne, John ^a   Hinder, Steven J ^c   Quilty, Brid ^d   Pillai, Suresh C ^e  

^a Greenway Hub   (Ireland)

^b DUBLIN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Ireland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SURREY   (United Kingdom)

^d DUBLIN CITY UNIVERSITY   (Ireland)

^e Atlantic Technological University   (Ireland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; BIOCOMPATIBLE COATED MATERIAL; COPPER; FLUORIDE; TITANIUM; TITANIUM DIOXIDE;

BACTERIUM; CATALYSIS; CHEMISTRY; CROSS INFECTION; DRUG EFFECTS; HUMAN; LIGHT; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TEST; MICROBIOLOGY; SURFACE PROPERTY; X RAY DIFFRACTION; X RAY PHOTOELECTRON SPECTROSCOPY;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BACTERIA; CATALYSIS; COATED MATERIALS, BIOCOMPATIBLE; COPPER; CROSS INFECTION; FLUORIDES; HUMANS; LIGHT; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; PHOTOELECTRON SPECTROSCOPY; SURFACE PROPERTIES; TITANIUM; X-RAY DIFFRACTION;

EID: 84964579628     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20452322     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/srep24770     Document Type: Article

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