TY - JOUR
T1 - Copper deposition on fabrics by rf plasma sputtering for medical applications
AU - Segura, G.
AU - Guzmán, P.
AU - Zuñiga, P.
AU - Chaves, S.
AU - Barrantes, Y.
AU - Navarro, G.
AU - Asenjo, J.
AU - Guadamuz, S.
AU - Vargas, V. I.
AU - Chaves, J.
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
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PY - 2015/3/24
Y1 - 2015/3/24
N2 - The present work is about preparation and characterization of RF sputtered Cu films on cotton by the usage of a Magnetron Sputter Source and 99.995% purity Cu target at room temperature. Cotton fabric samples of 1, 2 and 4 min of sputtering time at discharge pressure of 1×10-2 Torr and distance between target and sample of 8 cm were used. The main goal was to qualitatively test the antimicrobial action of copper on fabrics. For that purpose, a reference strain of Escherichia Coli ATCC 35218 that were grown in TSA plates was implemented. Results indicated a decrease in the growth of bacteria by contact with Cu; for fabric samples with longer sputtering presented lower development of E. coli colonies. The scope of this research focused on using these new textiles in health field, for example socks can be made with this textile for the treatment of athlete's foot and the use in pajamas, sheets, pillow covers and robes in hospital setting for reducing the spread of microorganisms.
AB - The present work is about preparation and characterization of RF sputtered Cu films on cotton by the usage of a Magnetron Sputter Source and 99.995% purity Cu target at room temperature. Cotton fabric samples of 1, 2 and 4 min of sputtering time at discharge pressure of 1×10-2 Torr and distance between target and sample of 8 cm were used. The main goal was to qualitatively test the antimicrobial action of copper on fabrics. For that purpose, a reference strain of Escherichia Coli ATCC 35218 that were grown in TSA plates was implemented. Results indicated a decrease in the growth of bacteria by contact with Cu; for fabric samples with longer sputtering presented lower development of E. coli colonies. The scope of this research focused on using these new textiles in health field, for example socks can be made with this textile for the treatment of athlete's foot and the use in pajamas, sheets, pillow covers and robes in hospital setting for reducing the spread of microorganisms.
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U2 - 10.1088/1742-6596/591/1/012046
DO - 10.1088/1742-6596/591/1/012046
M3 - Artículo de la conferencia
AN - SCOPUS:84938151607
SN - 1742-6588
VL - 591
JO - Journal of Physics: Conference Series
JF - Journal of Physics: Conference Series
IS - 1
M1 - 012046
T2 - 15th Latin American Workshop on Plasma Physics, LAWPP 2014 and 21st IAEA TM on Research Using Small Fusion Devices, RUSFD 2014
Y2 - 27 January 2014 through 31 January 2014
ER -