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American Institute of Physics, Applied Physics Letters, 12(85), p. 2417-2419, 2004

DOI: 10.1063/1.1794381

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Antifungal activity of polymer-based copper nanocomposite coatings

Journal article published in 2004 by Nicola Cioffi, Luisa Torsi, Nicoletta Ditaranto ORCID, Pg G. Zambonin, Luigia Sabbatini, Giuseppina Tantillo, M. D'Alessio, Lina Ghibelli, Maria D’Alessio, Teresa Bleve Zacheo, T. Bleve_Zacheo, Zambonin Pg, Enrico Traversa
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Abstract

Eukaryotes, such as fungi, can be harmful pathogen agents, and the control of their bioactivity is critical as humans are eukaryote organisms, too. Here, copper/polymer nanocomposites are proposed as antifungal spinnable coatings with controlled copper-releasing properties. The tests of the bioactivity show that fungal growth is inhibited on the nanocomposite-coated plates, and the antifungal activity can be modulated by controlling the Cu nanoparticle loading. (C) 2004 American Institute of Physics.