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Silver Nanocluster/Silica Composite Coatings Obtained by Sputtering for Antibacterial Applications

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Bacterial contamination is a critical issue which concerns different fields related to people and everyday life products and goods. Authors at Politecnico di Torino developed a new silver nanocluster/silica composite coating obtained by sputtering able to confer antibacterial properties to several materials. Silver nanocluster/silica composite coatings were deposited by radio frequency co-sputtering technique on glasses, ceramics, metals and polymers. The sputtering method is extremely versatile and suitable for most of substrates, because it does not require high temperatures which could decrease the mechanical properties of coated materials (e.g. polymers). The main results will be discussed for each coated substrate, in terms of characterization techniques, morphology, composition, antibacterial effect and adhesion to the substrate.

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Acknowledgments

This activity was funded by Regione Piemonte, Italy (NABLA, Nanostructured Antibacterial Layers) and by REA (EU Project-NASLA-FP7-SME-2010-1—Project 262209).

The authors kindly acknowledge Dr Giacomo Fucale (Traumatology Orthopaedics and Occupational Medicine Department, University of Turin, Italy) for antibacterial tests facilities, and all industrial partners of the projects (Thales Alenia Space—IT, Dipromed, Alce Calidad, Easreth, Aero Sekur, Reply, KTH Royal Institute of Technology, Bactiguard).

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  1. Department of Applied Science and Technology, Institute of Materials Physics and Engineering, Politecnico di Torino, Corso Duca degli Abruzzi 24, 10129, Turin, Italy

    Cristina Balagna, Sara Ferraris, Sergio Perero, Marta Miola, Francesco Baino, Enrica Vernè & Monica Ferraris

  2. Experimental Physics Department/Centre of Excellence Nanostructured Interfaces and Surfaces, University of Torino and INFN sez, Torino, Via P. Giuria 1, 10125, Turin, Italy

    Alfio Battiato, Chiara Manfredotti & Ettore Vittone

  3. Azienda Ospedaliera SS. Antonio e Biagio e Cesare Arrigo, Via Venezia 16, Alessandria, Italy

    Andrea Coggiola & Daniela Dolcino

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Balagna, C. et al. (2013). Silver Nanocluster/Silica Composite Coatings Obtained by Sputtering for Antibacterial Applications. In: Njuguna, J. (eds) Structural Nanocomposites. Engineering Materials. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-40322-4_10

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