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Nano Research 2016, 9(2): 442-450 https://doi.org/10.1007/s12274-015-0925-5
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Multifunctional silver film with superhydrophobic and antibacterial properties

Show Author's Information Ping Che1,  Wei Liu1,2,  Xiaoxue Chang3,  Anhe Wang4,  Yongsheng Han2( )
School of Chemistry and Biological EngineeringUniversity of Science & Technology BeijingBeijing100083China
State Key Laboratory of Multiphase Complex SystemsInstitute of Process EngineeringChinese Academy of SciencesBeijing100190China
State Key Laboratory of Theoretical PhysicsInstitute of Theoretical PhysicsChinese Academy of SciencesBeijing100190China
Key Laboratory of Colloid and Interface SciencesInstitute of ChemistryChinese Academy of SciencesBeijing100190China
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electrodeposition, hydrophobicity, antibacterial, silver film
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Che P, Liu W, Chang X, et al. Multifunctional silver film with superhydrophobic and antibacterial properties. Nano Research, 2016, 9(2): 442-450. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12274-015-0925-5
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Material properties are strongly dependent on material structure. The large diversity and complexity of material structures provide significant opportunities to improve the properties of the materials, expanding their applications. Here, we discuss the fabrication of a multifunctional silver film prepared by controlling the nucleation and growth of silver particles. Silver films with high hydrophobicity and antibacterial activity were fabricated by adopting an electrochemical approach. The dependence of the hydrophobic and antibacterial properties on the size and shape of the silver particles was first investigated. Small-sized silver particles exhibited a high antibacterial rate, while a porous silver film composed of dendritic particles showed a significant hydrophobic activity. By regulating the reaction time, current density, and silver salt concentration, a silver film with a contact angle of 150.9° and an antibacterial rate of 54.7% was synthesized. This study demonstrates that finding a compromise between different material structures is a suitable way to fabricate multifunctional devices.


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Multifunctional silver film with superhydrophobic and antibacterial properties

Show Author's information Ping Che1, Wei Liu1,2, Xiaoxue Chang3, Anhe Wang4, Yongsheng Han2( )
School of Chemistry and Biological EngineeringUniversity of Science & Technology BeijingBeijing100083China
State Key Laboratory of Multiphase Complex SystemsInstitute of Process EngineeringChinese Academy of SciencesBeijing100190China
State Key Laboratory of Theoretical PhysicsInstitute of Theoretical PhysicsChinese Academy of SciencesBeijing100190China
Key Laboratory of Colloid and Interface SciencesInstitute of ChemistryChinese Academy of SciencesBeijing100190China

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Material properties are strongly dependent on material structure. The large diversity and complexity of material structures provide significant opportunities to improve the properties of the materials, expanding their applications. Here, we discuss the fabrication of a multifunctional silver film prepared by controlling the nucleation and growth of silver particles. Silver films with high hydrophobicity and antibacterial activity were fabricated by adopting an electrochemical approach. The dependence of the hydrophobic and antibacterial properties on the size and shape of the silver particles was first investigated. Small-sized silver particles exhibited a high antibacterial rate, while a porous silver film composed of dendritic particles showed a significant hydrophobic activity. By regulating the reaction time, current density, and silver salt concentration, a silver film with a contact angle of 150.9° and an antibacterial rate of 54.7% was synthesized. This study demonstrates that finding a compromise between different material structures is a suitable way to fabricate multifunctional devices.

Keywords: electrodeposition, hydrophobicity, antibacterial, silver film

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Received: 24 July 2015
Revised: 18 September 2015
Accepted: 15 October 2015
Published: 25 November 2015
Issue date: February 2016

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Acknowledgements

This study was supported by the Hundreds Talent Program from the Chinese Academy of Sciences and the project from the State Key Laboratory of Multiphase Complex Systems (No. MPCS-2014-D-05). The financial support from National Natural Science Foundation of China (Nos. U1462130 and 21406232) is warmly appreciated.

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