Antibacterial Performance of a Cu-bearing Stainless Steel against Microorganisms in Tap Water

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摘要 Tapwaterisoneofthemostcommonlyusedwaterresourcesinourdailylife.However,theincreasingwatercontaminationandthehealthriskcausedbypathogenicbacteria,suchasStaphylococcusaureusandEscherichiacolihaveattractedmoreattention.Themutualismofdifferentpathogenicbacteriamaydiminishantibacterialeffectofantibacterialagents.Itwasfoundthatmaterialsusedformakingpipeandtapplayedoneofthemostimportantrolesinpromotingbacterialgrowth.Thispaperistoreporttheperformanceofaninnovativetype304Cu-bearingstainlesssteel(304CuSS)againstmicrobesintapwater.Theinvestigationmethodologiesinvolvedweremeansofheterotrophicplatecount,contactanglemeasurements,scanningelectronmicroscopyforobservingthecellandsubtractsurfacemorphology,atomicabsorptionspectrometryforcopperionsreleasestudy,andconfocallaserscanningmicroscopyusedforexamininglive/deadbacteriaonnormal304stainlesssteeland304CuSS.ItwasfoundthatthesurfacefreeenergyvariedafterbeingimmersedintapwaterwithpolarcomponentandCuionsrelease.Theresultsshowed304CuSScouldeffectivelykillmostoftheplanktonicbacteria(max95.9%antibacterialrate),andconsequentlyinhibitbacterialbiofilmsformationonthesurface,contributingtothereductionofpathogenicrisktothesurroundingenvironments.
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出版日期 2015年03月13日(中国期刊网平台首次上网日期,不代表论文的发表时间)
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