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- Title
Antibacterial activity of thin films TiO<sub>2</sub> doped with Ag and Cu on Gracilicutes and Firmicutes bacteria.
- Authors
Stoyanova, Dragomira S.; Ivanova, Iliana A.; Angelov, Orlin I.; Vladkova, Todorka G.
- Abstract
This article aims to explore the antibacterial activity of thin films of TiO2 doped with Ag and Cu using two types of Gram-negative and Gram-positive test bacteria with clinical significance (Gracilicutes and Firmcutes bacteria). The thin films (thickness of about 60 nm) were deposited on glass substrates by radio frequency magnetron co-sputtering (r.f. power of 50 W) of TiO2 target with Ag and Cu pieces on its surface in an Ar atmosphere (0.8 Pa) without heating during the deposition. The total surface area of the Ag was 60 mm² and that of the Cu was 100 mm². Bacillus cereus, Staphylococcus epidermidis, Salmonella enterica, Escherichia coli and Pseudomonas sp. were used as test strains. The antibacterial actvity of the films was evaluated by the classical Koch's method and optical density measurements. The bactericidal effect was established at different time points between 30 min and 90 min for Pseudomonas sp. and S. enterica. The Firmicutes bacteria B. cereus and S. epidermidis were killed at the 4th and 8th hour of the treatment, respectively. The effect on E. coli was bacteriostatic until the 10th hour. The results were confirmed by assessment of the bacterial dehydrogenase activity. The studied thin films of TiO2 co-doped with Ag and Cu have a potential for application as antibacterial coatings.
- Subjects
TITANIUM dioxide films; ANTIBACTERIAL agents; GRAM-negative bacteria; MAGNETRON sputtering; BACTERICIDES
- Publication
BioDiscovery, 2017, p1
- ISSN
2050-2966
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.3897/biodiscovery.20.e21596