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Antimicrobial properties of diamond-like carbon-silver-platinum nanocomposite thin films

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Silver and platinum were incorporated within diamond-like carbon (DLC) thin films using a multicomponent target pulsed laser deposition process. Transmission electron microscopy of the DLC-silver and DLC-platinum composite films reveals that these films self-assemble into particulate nanocomposite structures that possess a high fraction of sp 3-hybridized carbon atoms. Nanoindentation testing of DLC-silver nanocomposite films demonstrates that these films possess hardness and Young’s modulus values of approximately 35 and 350 GPa, respectively. DLC-silver-platinum films demonstrated exceptional antimicrobial properties against Staphylococcus and Pseudomonas aeruginosa bacteria.

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    R. J. Narayan & H. Abernathy

  2. Metals and Ceramics Division, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, 37831, Oak Ridge, TN

    L. Riester

  3. Environmental Biotechnology Section, Savannah River National Laboratory, 29808, Aiken, SC

    C. J. Berry & R. Brigmon

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Narayan, R.J., Abernathy, H., Riester, L. et al. Antimicrobial properties of diamond-like carbon-silver-platinum nanocomposite thin films. J. of Materi Eng and Perform 14, 435–440 (2005). https://doi.org/10.1361/105994905X56197

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