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• TITLE: Coating of Medical-Grade PVC Material with ZnO for Antibacterial Application

  AUTHORS: Huaxiang Lin, Luyao Ding, Weihua Deng, Xuxu Wang, Jinlin Long, Qun Lin

  KEYWORDS: ZnO; PVC; Photocatalysis; Antibacterial

  JOURNAL NAME: Advances in Chemical Engineering and Science, Vol.3 No.4, October 8, 2013

  ABSTRACT: The ZnO sol well-crystallized was prepared by the sol-gel method. The ZnO films were coated on medical-grade PVC surface by the improved organic-inorganic interfacial adhesion method. The physical and photocatalytic properties of the samples were characterized by XRD, SEM, DRS spectra and measured by the photodegradation reaction of Rho-damine B (RhB) and anti-bacteria for Escherichia coli (E. coli), respectively. The results show that pretreatment of PVC by the mix solution of THF-PVC helps to improve the amount and adhesion strength of ZnO suspension to PVC surface. The photocatalytic and antibacterial properties of the THF-ZnO/PVC film are better than that of the ZnO/PVC and neat PVC. Under UV irradiation, the THF-ZnO/PVC film shows the best antibacterial properties with 99% kill rate of bacteria.