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Abstract
A range of titanium doped diamond like carbon (Ti-DLC) coatings with different Ti contents were prepared on stainless steel substrates using a plasma-enhanced chemical vapour deposition technique. It was found that both the electron donor surface energy and the surface roughness of the Ti-DLC coatings increased with increasing Ti contents in the coatings. Bacterial adhesion to the coatings was evaluated against Escherichia coli WT F1693 and Pseudomonas aeruginosa ATCC 33347. The experimental data showed that bacterial adhesion decreased with the increases of the Ti content, the electron donor surface energy and surface roughness of the coatings, while the bacterial removal percentage increased with the increases of these parameters. The Ti-DLC coatings reduced bacterial attachment by up to 75% and increased bacterial detachment from 15% to 45%, compared with stainless steel control.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 26-33 |
Number of pages | 8 |
Journal | Biofouling |
Volume | 34 |
Issue number | 1 |
Early online date | 15 Jan 2018 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - Jan 2018 |
Keywords
- Bacterial adhesion
- Biomaterials
- Contact angle
- DLC coatings
- Surface energy
- Coated Materials, Biocompatible/chemistry
- Bacterial Adhesion/drug effects
- Carbon/chemistry
- Stainless Steel/chemistry
- Titanium/chemistry
- Escherichia coli/drug effects
- Diamond/chemistry
- Surface Properties
- Equipment and Supplies/microbiology
- Pseudomonas aeruginosa/drug effects
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology
- Water Science and Technology
- Aquatic Science
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Influence of Surface Properties of New Biomaterials for Catheters on Bacterial Adhesion Urine
Campbell, P. (Investigator), Corner, G. (Investigator), Davidson, F. (Investigator), Keatch, R. (Investigator), Nabi, G. (Investigator), Vorstius, J. B. (Investigator), Wilcox, K. (Investigator) & Zhao, Q. (Investigator)
Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council
1/12/16 → 31/10/21
Project: Research
Profiles
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Zhao, Qi
- Mechanical and Industrial Engineering - Professor of Materials Science and Engineering
Person: Academic