Superhydrophilicity and antibacterial property of a Cu-dotted oxide coating surface

• Main Authors: Nie Yining (Author), Kalapos Carol (Author), Nie Xueyuan (Author), Murphy Monica (Author), Hussein Riyad (Author), Zhang Jing (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2010-09-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
• Online Access: Connect to this object online.

<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>Aluminum-made settings are widely used in healthcare, schools, public facilities and transit systems. Frequently-touched surfaces of those settings are likely to harbour bacteria and be a potential source of infection. One method to...