Title :
Nanostructured ZnO films - Adhesion activity of staphylococcus aureus
Author :
Geetha, S.R. ; Dhivya, P. ; Deepak Raj, P. ; Lakshmi, Saranya J. ; AdlinePrincy, S. ; Sridharan, M.
Author_Institution :
Sch. of Chem. & Biotechnol., SASTRA Univ., Thanjavur, India
Abstract :
Highly transparent Zinc Oxide (ZnO) thin films were prepared by reactive DC magnetron sputtering onto thoroughly cleaned stainless steel and glass substrates. X-ray diffraction (XRD) pattern revealed that the sputtered films were crystalline in nature with preferred (002) orientation. The crystallite size was increased from 22 to 27 nm as the bias increases. The prepared ZnO films exhibited better anti adhesion activity against S.aureus.
Keywords :
II-VI semiconductors; X-ray diffraction; adhesion; antibacterial activity; crystallites; microorganisms; nanofabrication; nanostructured materials; semiconductor growth; semiconductor thin films; sputter deposition; texture; transparency; wide band gap semiconductors; zinc compounds; SiO2; Staphylococcus aureus; X-ray diffraction; XRD; ZnO; bacterial adhesion activity; cleaned stainless steel substrates; crystallite size; glass substrates; highly transparent nanostructured zinc oxide films; preferred orientation; reactive DC magnetron sputtering; sputtered crystalline films; Magnetic susceptibility; Tribology; Bias voltage; S.aureus; Sputtering; ZnO films;
Conference_Titel :
Advanced Nanomaterials and Emerging Engineering Technologies (ICANMEET), 2013 International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Chennai
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4799-1377-0
DOI :
10.1109/ICANMEET.2013.6609256
