Copper-containing glass ceramic with high antimicrobial efficacy
Abstract
Hospital acquired infections (HAIs) and the emergence of antibiotic resistant strains are major threats to human health. Copper is well known for its high antimicrobial efficacy, including the ability to kill superbugs and the notorious ESKAPE group of pathogens. We sought a material that maintains the antimicrobial efficacy of copper while minimizing the downsides – cost, appearance and metallic properties – that limit application. Here we describe a copper-glass ceramic powder as an additive for antimicrobial surfaces; its mechanism is based on the controlled release of copper (I) ions (Cu1+) from cuprite nanocrystals that form in situ in the water labile phase of the biphasic glass ceramic. Latex paints containing copper-glass ceramic powder exhibit ≥99.9% reduction in S. aureus, P. aeruginosa, K. aerogenes and E. Coli colony counts when evaluated by the US EPA test method for efficacy of copper-alloy surfaces as sanitizer, approaching that of benchmark metallic copper.
- Authors:
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- Corning Incorporated, Corning, NY (United States)
- Argonne National Lab. (ANL), Argonne, IL (United States)
- Publication Date:
- Research Org.:
- Argonne National Laboratory (ANL), Argonne, IL (United States)
- Sponsoring Org.:
- USDOE; Corning Incorporated, Corning, NY (United States)
- OSTI Identifier:
- 1557606
- Grant/Contract Number:
- AC02-06CH11357
- Resource Type:
- Accepted Manuscript
- Journal Name:
- Nature Communications
- Additional Journal Information:
- Journal Volume: 10; Journal Issue: 1; Journal ID: ISSN 2041-1723
- Publisher:
- Nature Publishing Group
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
- Subject:
- 36 MATERIALS SCIENCE
Citation Formats
Gross, Timothy M., Lahiri, Joydeep, Golas, Avantika, Luo, Jian, Verrier, Florence, Kurzejewski, Jackie L., Baker, David E., Wang, Jie, Novak, Paul F., and Snyder, Michael J. Copper-containing glass ceramic with high antimicrobial efficacy. United States: N. p., 2019.
Web. doi:10.1038/s41467-019-09946-9.
Gross, Timothy M., Lahiri, Joydeep, Golas, Avantika, Luo, Jian, Verrier, Florence, Kurzejewski, Jackie L., Baker, David E., Wang, Jie, Novak, Paul F., & Snyder, Michael J. Copper-containing glass ceramic with high antimicrobial efficacy. United States. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-019-09946-9
Gross, Timothy M., Lahiri, Joydeep, Golas, Avantika, Luo, Jian, Verrier, Florence, Kurzejewski, Jackie L., Baker, David E., Wang, Jie, Novak, Paul F., and Snyder, Michael J. Tue .
"Copper-containing glass ceramic with high antimicrobial efficacy". United States. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-019-09946-9. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1557606.
@article{osti_1557606,
title = {Copper-containing glass ceramic with high antimicrobial efficacy},
author = {Gross, Timothy M. and Lahiri, Joydeep and Golas, Avantika and Luo, Jian and Verrier, Florence and Kurzejewski, Jackie L. and Baker, David E. and Wang, Jie and Novak, Paul F. and Snyder, Michael J.},
abstractNote = {Hospital acquired infections (HAIs) and the emergence of antibiotic resistant strains are major threats to human health. Copper is well known for its high antimicrobial efficacy, including the ability to kill superbugs and the notorious ESKAPE group of pathogens. We sought a material that maintains the antimicrobial efficacy of copper while minimizing the downsides – cost, appearance and metallic properties – that limit application. Here we describe a copper-glass ceramic powder as an additive for antimicrobial surfaces; its mechanism is based on the controlled release of copper (I) ions (Cu1+) from cuprite nanocrystals that form in situ in the water labile phase of the biphasic glass ceramic. Latex paints containing copper-glass ceramic powder exhibit ≥99.9% reduction in S. aureus, P. aeruginosa, K. aerogenes and E. Coli colony counts when evaluated by the US EPA test method for efficacy of copper-alloy surfaces as sanitizer, approaching that of benchmark metallic copper.},
doi = {10.1038/s41467-019-09946-9},
journal = {Nature Communications},
number = 1,
volume = 10,
place = {United States},
year = {Tue Apr 30 00:00:00 EDT 2019},
month = {Tue Apr 30 00:00:00 EDT 2019}
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