Dual functionality anti-reflection and biocidal coatings (2017)
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Yates, H., Sheel, P., Hodgkinson, J., Warwick, M., Elfakhri, S., & Foster, H. (2017). Dual functionality anti-reflection and biocidal coatings. Surface and Coatings Technology, 324, 201-207. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.surfcoat.2017.05.077

A thin film combination of anti-reflection (AR) and biocidal properties would be of particular interest to reduce the transfer of infection and improve readability of public high use touch screens. In this paper we describe the development of a dual... Read More about Dual functionality anti-reflection and biocidal coatings.

Antimicrobial activity against hospital-related pathogens of dual layer CuO/TiO2 coatings prepared by CVD (2012)
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dual layer CuO/TiO2 coatings prepared by CVD. Chemical Vapor Deposition, 18(4-6), 140-146. https://doi.org/10.1002/cvde.201106978

Photocatalytically active films of TiO2/CuO grown by atmospheric pressure thermal (APT)CVD are investigated for activity against multiple antibiotic-resistant pathogens namely, Acinetobacter baumannii, Escherichia coli, Klebsiella pneumoniae, vancomy... Read More about Antimicrobial activity against hospital-related pathogens of dual layer CuO/TiO2 coatings prepared by CVD.

Photo-induced self-cleaning and biocidal behaviour of titania and copper oxide multilayers (2008)
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Yates, H., Brook, L., Ditta, I., Evans, P., Foster, H., Sheel, D., & Steele, A. (2008). Photo-induced self-cleaning and biocidal behaviour of titania and copper oxide multilayers. Journal of Photochemistry and Photobiology A: Chemistry, 197, 197

This paper describes the deposition of films of titania and copper oxide by atmospheric pressure chemical vapour deposition (CVD). The films
were investigated as part of multilayer systems to assess their potential to offer the dual functionality of... Read More about Photo-induced self-cleaning and biocidal behaviour of titania and copper oxide multilayers.

Photocatalytic antimicrobial activity of thin surface films of TiO2, CuO and TiO2 /CuO dual layers on Escherichia coli and bacteriophage T4 (2008)
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Ditta, I., Steele, A., Liptrott, C., Tobin, J., Tyler, H., Yates, H., …Foster, H. (2008). Photocatalytic antimicrobial activity of thin surface films of TiO2, CuO and TiO2 /CuO dual layers on Escherichia coli and bacteriophage T4. Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology, 79(1), 127-133. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00253-008-1411-8

TiO2 coated surfaces are increasingly studied for their ability to inactivate microorganisms. The activity of glass coated with thin films of TiO2, CuO and hybrid CuO/TiO2 prepared by atmospheric Chemical Vapour Deposition (Ap-CVD) and TiO2 prepared... Read More about Photocatalytic antimicrobial activity of thin surface films of TiO2, CuO and TiO2 /CuO dual layers on Escherichia coli and bacteriophage T4.

Biocidal silver and silver/titania composite films grown by chemical vapour deposition (2008)
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chemical vapour deposition. International Journal of Photoenergy, 2008(168185), https://doi.org/10.1155/2008/168185

This paper describes the growth and testing of highly active biocidal films based on photocatalytically active films of TiO2, grownby
thermal CVD, functionally and structurallymodified by deposition of nanostructured silver via a novel flame assiste... Read More about Biocidal silver and silver/titania composite films grown by chemical vapour deposition.

The growth of copper oxides on glass by flame assisted chemical vapour deposition (2008)
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Yates, H., Brook, L., Sheel, D., Ditta, I., Steele, A., & Foster, H. (2008). The growth of copper oxides on glass by flame assisted chemical vapour deposition. Thin Solid Films, 517(2), 517-521. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tsf.2008.06.071

Flame assisted chemical vapour deposition is a low cost, relatively simple atmospheric pressure chemical
vapour deposition (CVD) technique that is compatible with both small volume, batch, and high volume
continuous coating processes. Use of this m... Read More about The growth of copper oxides on glass by flame assisted chemical vapour deposition.

Highly bioactive silver and silver/titania composite films grown by chemical vapour deposition (2007)
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Brook, L., Evans, P., Foster, H., Pemble, M., Steele, A., Sheel, D., & Yates, H. (2007). Highly bioactive silver and silver/titania composite films grown by chemical vapour deposition. Journal of Photochemistry and Photobiology A: Chemistry, 187(1), 53-63. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jphotochem.2006.09.014

This paper describes how photocatalytically active films of TiO2, grown by thermal CVD, may be functionally and structurally modified by deposition of nano-structured silver via a novel flame assisted CVD process. The resulting composite films are sh... Read More about Highly bioactive silver and silver/titania composite films grown by chemical vapour deposition.