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Sotomayor Torres, Clivia M.
International Iberian Nanotechnology Laboratory
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Publications (22/22 displayed)
- 2023Enhanced thermal conductivity of free-standing double-walled carbon nanotube networkscitations
- 2022Unraveling heat transport and dissipation in suspended MoSe2 from bulk to monolayercitations
- 2022Introducing surface functionality on thermoformed polymeric filmscitations
- 2021Electron beam lithography for direct patterning of MoS2on PDMS substratescitations
- 2021Bottom-up development of nanoimprinted PLLA composite films with enhanced antibacterial properties for smart packaging applicationscitations
- 2020Antimicrobial Activity Testing Methods for Hydrophobic Patterned Surfaces
- 2020Large thermoelectric power variations in epitaxial thin films of layered perovskite GdBaCo2O5.5±δwith a different preferred orientation and straincitations
- 2020Thermoreflectance techniques and Raman thermometry for thermal property characterization of nanostructurescitations
- 2020Enhancement of thermal boundary conductance of metal-polymer systemcitations
- 2020Thermal conductivity and air-mediated losses in periodic porous silicon membranes at high temperatures
- 2020Large thermoelectric power variations in epitaxial thin films of layered perovskite GdBaCo 2 O 5.5±δ with a different preferred orientation and straincitations
- 2020Fracturing of Polycrystalline MoS2Nanofilmscitations
- 2019Nanowire forest of pnictogen-chalcogenide alloys for thermoelectricitycitations
- 2019Enhanced thermoelectric properties of lightly Nb doped SrTiO3 thin filmscitations
- 2018Design of a Multifunctional Nanoengineered PLLA Surface by Maximizing the Synergies between Biochemical and Surface Design Bactericidal Effectscitations
- 2018Impact of the in situ rise in hydrogen partial pressure on graphene shape evolution during CVD growth of graphenecitations
- 2018Enhancement photocatalytic activity of the heterojunction of two-dimensional hybrid semiconductors ZnO/V2O5citations
- 2018Composites of laminar nanostructured ZnO and VOx-nanotubes hybrid as visible light active photocatalystscitations
- 2018Fabrication and replication of re-entrant structures by nanoimprint lithography methodscitations
- 2016Thermal conductivity of MoS2 polycrystalline nanomembranes
- 2014Order quantification of hexagonal periodic arrays fabricated by in situ solvent-assisted nanoimprint lithography of block copolymers
- 2011Semiconducting properties of layered cadmium sulphide-based hybrid nanocomposites
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Antimicrobial Activity Testing Methods for Hydrophobic Patterned Surfaces
Abstract
<jats:title>Abstract</jats:title><jats:p><jats:bold>Background</jats:bold>: One strategy to decrease the incidence of hospital-acquired infections is to avoid the survival of pathogens in the environment by the development of surfaces with antimicrobial activity. To study the antimicrobial behaviour of active surfaces, different approaches have been developed of which ISO 22916 is the standard. <jats:bold>Aim</jats:bold>: To assess the performance of different testing methodologies to analyse the antimicrobial activity of hydrophobic surface patterned plastics as part of a Horizon 2020 European research project (FLEXPOL: Antimicrobial FLEXible POLymers for its use in hospital environments No. 721062).<jats:bold>Methods</jats:bold>: Four different testing methods were used to study the antimicrobial activity of a patterned film, including the ISO 22916 standard, the immersion method, the touch-transfer inoculation method, and the swab inoculation method, this latter developed specifically for this project.<jats:bold>Findings</jats:bold>: The non-realistic test conditions of the ISO 22916 standard showed this method to be non-appropriate in the study of hydrophobic antimicrobial patterned surfaces. The immersion method also showed no differences between patterned films and smooth controls due to the lack of attachment of testing bacteria on both surfaces. The antimicrobial activity of films could be demonstrated by the touch-transfer and the swab inoculation methods that more precisely mimicked the way of high-touch surfaces contamination. <jats:bold>Conclusion</jats:bold>: The touch-transfer and the swab inoculation methods proved to be the best methodologies to test the antimicrobial activity of patterned hydrophobic surfaces. In our opinion, a new ISO standard should be developed on the basis of these tests to study the antimicrobial behaviour of patterned surfaces.</jats:p>