| Author | dc.contributor.author | Palza Cordero, Humberto | |
| Author | dc.contributor.author | Gutiérrez, Sebastián | es_CL |
| Author | dc.contributor.author | Delgado, Katherine | es_CL |
| Author | dc.contributor.author | Salazar, Oriana | es_CL |
| Author | dc.contributor.author | Fuenzalida Escobar, Víctor | es_CL |
| Author | dc.contributor.author | Avila, Jonathan I. | es_CL |
| Author | dc.contributor.author | Figueroa, Guillermo | es_CL |
| Author | dc.contributor.author | Quijada Abarca, Juan | es_CL |
| Admission date | dc.date.accessioned | 2010-06-30T13:41:23Z | |
| Available date | dc.date.available | 2010-06-30T13:41:23Z | |
| Publication date | dc.date.issued | 2010 | |
| Cita de ítem | dc.identifier.citation | Macromol. Rapid Commun. 2010, 31, 563–567 | en_US |
| Identifier | dc.identifier.other | DOI: 10.1002/marc.200900791 | |
| Identifier | dc.identifier.uri | https://repositorio.uchile.cl/handle/2250/125377 | |
| Abstract | dc.description.abstract | A set of poly(propylene) composites containing different amounts of copper nanoparticles
(CNP) were prepared by the melt mixed method and their antimicrobial behavior was
quantitatively studied. The time needed to reduce the bacteria to 50% dropped to half with
only 1 v/v % of CNP, compared to the polymer without CNP.
After 4 h, this composite killed more than 99.9% of the
bacteria. The biocide kinetics can be controlled by the
nanofiller content; composites with CNP concentrations
higher than 10 v/v % eliminated 99% of the bacteria in less
than 2 h. X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy did not detect
CNP at the surface, therefore the biocide behavior was
attributed to copper in the bulk of the composite. | en_US |
| Patrocinador | dc.description.sponsorship | Financial support of CONICYT through projects FONDECYT INICIACION
EN INVESTIGACION 11075001, PSD53 and FONDAP
11980002. | en_US |
| Lenguage | dc.language.iso | en | en_US |
| Publisher | dc.publisher | Wiley InterScience | en_US |
| Keywords | dc.subject | biomaterials | en_US |
| Título | dc.title | Toward Tailor-Made Biocide Materials Based on Poly(propylene)/Copper Nanoparticles | en_US |
| Document type | dc.type | Artículo de revista | |
