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Antibacterial Properties of PMMA Functionalized with CuFe2O4/Cu2O/CuO Nanoparticles

Elena Glazkova    
Olga Bakina    
Nikolay Rodkevich    
Andrey Mosunov    
Maxim Evstigneev    
Vladislav Evstigneev    
Viktor Klimenko and Marat Lerner    

Resumen

We have prepared a composite thin coating by incorporation of CuFe2O4/Cu2O/CuO nanoparticles in polymethyl methacrylate (PMMA) matrix by using the solution casting method. The electrical explosion of two twisted wires (EETW) was used to obtain multicomponent CuFe2O4/Cu2O/CuO nanoparticles with an average particle size of 20?70 nm. The microscopic studies showed that the nanoparticles in the composite coatings are evenly distributed. However, nanoparticles are strongly agglomerated as the powder concentration in the coating increases to 5 wt.% and 10 wt.%, as the size of particle agglomerates increases to 50 and 100 µm, respectively. Therefore, nanoparticles were pre-treated with ultrasound when introduced into the PMMA matrix. The thermal stability of the composite coating does not change with the introduction of CuFe2O4/Cu2O/CuO nanoparticles in the amount of 5 wt.%. The inclusion of nanoparticles in the PMMA matrix significantly enhances its antibacterial activity. The addition of 5 wt.% nanoparticles inhibited the growth of E. coli by 100% and the growth of MRSA by 99.94% compared to pure PMMA already after 3 h of exposure of bacteria on the surface of the composites. This research provides an easy-to-manufacture and cost-efficient method for producing a CuFe2O4/Cu2O/CuO/PMMA composite coating with a broad application as an antibacterial material.

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