Antibacterial studies on nanocrystalline diamond thin films

0391267 - FZÚ 2014 CZ eng A - Abstract
Ryparová, Pavla - Tesárek, Pavel - Babchenko, Oleg - Potocký, Štěpán - Kromka, Alexander
Antibacterial studies on nanocrystalline diamond thin films.
Development of Materials Science in Research and Education, Book of Abstracts of the 22nd Joint Seminar. Praha: Czechoslovak Association for Crystal Growth (CSACG), 2012 - (Kožíšek, Z.; Nitsch, K.). s. 64-64. ISBN 978-80-260-2357-9.
[Joint Seminar – Development of materials science in research and education /22./. 03.09.2012-07.09.2012, Lednice]
R&D Projects: GA ČR GAP108/12/0910
Institutional research plan: CEZ:AV0Z10100521
Keywords : nanocrystalline diamond
Subject RIV: BM - Solid Matter Physics ; Magnetism

We presents study on antibacterial properties of hydrogen and oxygen terminated diamond thin films (H- and O-diamond). Experiments on bacteria growth on copper confirmed its killing effect all bacteria. In comparison to the reference sample, the hydrogen grafted diamond film effectively reduced the number of bacteria by 60 %. This observation confirms that in specific case (i.e. proper surface termination on atomic leve), diamond can be classified as antibacterial material.
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