• 文献标题:   Hydrophobic Bacteria-Repellant Graphene Coatings from Recycled Pencil Stubs
  • 文献类型:   Article
  • 作  者:   MUTHU M, GOPAL J, CHUN S, LEE SK
  • 作者关键词:   graphene, coating, thin film, glas, bacteria, hydrophobic, antifouling
  • 出版物名称:   ARABIAN JOURNAL FOR SCIENCE ENGINEERING
  • ISSN:   2193-567X EI 2191-4281
  • 通讯作者地址:   Konkuk Univ
  • 被引频次:   0
  • DOI:   10.1007/s13369-017-2901-8
  • 出版年:   2018

▎ 摘  要

Graphene has exhaustive features and accomplishments behind its name; recently, the bacteria-repellant activity of graphene is beginning to surface. In the current study, we have demonstrated the preparation of hydrophobic coatings of graphene on hydrophilic glass surfaces. Using recycled pencil stubs as the source material combined with a sonication exfoliation methodology, successful graphene coatings on glass were obtained. The bacteria-repellant property of the coating was validated against four different biofilm-forming pathogenic bacteria. The graphene coatings were observed to be hydrophobic in nature and able to repel bacterial adhesion. The coating can be obtained on any substrate of choice and hence would prove to be of unequivocal importance as an antifouling coating on industrial piping's and medical equipments and implant materials that are prone to bacterial fouling.