On the emergence of antibacterial and antiviral copper cold spray coatings
Abstract In this literature review, the antipathogenic properties and contact-mediated antibacterial and antiviral performance of copper cold spray surfaces are assessed and compared with alternative antimicrobial materials that are able to kill and/or inactivate infectious agents via direct contact...
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| author | Bryer C. Sousa Christopher J. Massar Matthew A. Gleason Danielle L. Cote |
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| description | Abstract In this literature review, the antipathogenic properties and contact-mediated antibacterial and antiviral performance of copper cold spray surfaces are assessed and compared with alternative antimicrobial materials that are able to kill and/or inactivate infectious agents via direct contact. Discussion is also provided concerning the suitability of copper cold spray material consolidations as biocidal and viricidal surfaces that retain long-term functionality as a preventative measure against fomite transmission of pathogenic agents and hospital-acquired infections from contaminated high-touch surfaces. Numerable alternative antimicrobial coatings and surfaces that do not rely upon the oligodynamic action of copper are detailed. Given the ongoing need for recognition of said alternative antimicrobial materials by authoritative agencies, such as the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, the relevant literature on non-copper-based antipathogenic coatings and surfaces are then described. Furthermore, a wide-ranging take on antipathogenic copper cold spray coatings are provided and consideration is given to the distinctive grain-boundary mediated copper ion diffusion pathways found in optimizable, highly deformed, copper cold spray material consolidations that enable pathogen inactivation on surfaces from direct contact. To conclude this literature review, analysis of how copper cold spray coatings can be employed as a preventative measure against COVID-19 was also presented in light of on-going debates surrounding SARS-CoV-2’s non-primary, but non-negligible, secondary transmission pathway, and also presented in conjunction with the inevitability that future pathogens, which will be responsible for forthcoming global pandemics, may spread even more readily via fomite pathways too. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-14377b7d230244699e534c1fb85005a02022-12-21T22:22:53ZengBMCJournal of Biological Engineering1754-16112021-02-0115111510.1186/s13036-021-00256-7On the emergence of antibacterial and antiviral copper cold spray coatingsBryer C. Sousa0Christopher J. Massar1Matthew A. Gleason2Danielle L. Cote3Materials Science and Engineering Program, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Worcester Polytechnic InstituteMaterials Science and Engineering Program, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Worcester Polytechnic InstituteMaterials Science and Engineering Program, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Worcester Polytechnic InstituteMaterials Science and Engineering Program, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Worcester Polytechnic InstituteAbstract In this literature review, the antipathogenic properties and contact-mediated antibacterial and antiviral performance of copper cold spray surfaces are assessed and compared with alternative antimicrobial materials that are able to kill and/or inactivate infectious agents via direct contact. Discussion is also provided concerning the suitability of copper cold spray material consolidations as biocidal and viricidal surfaces that retain long-term functionality as a preventative measure against fomite transmission of pathogenic agents and hospital-acquired infections from contaminated high-touch surfaces. Numerable alternative antimicrobial coatings and surfaces that do not rely upon the oligodynamic action of copper are detailed. Given the ongoing need for recognition of said alternative antimicrobial materials by authoritative agencies, such as the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, the relevant literature on non-copper-based antipathogenic coatings and surfaces are then described. Furthermore, a wide-ranging take on antipathogenic copper cold spray coatings are provided and consideration is given to the distinctive grain-boundary mediated copper ion diffusion pathways found in optimizable, highly deformed, copper cold spray material consolidations that enable pathogen inactivation on surfaces from direct contact. To conclude this literature review, analysis of how copper cold spray coatings can be employed as a preventative measure against COVID-19 was also presented in light of on-going debates surrounding SARS-CoV-2’s non-primary, but non-negligible, secondary transmission pathway, and also presented in conjunction with the inevitability that future pathogens, which will be responsible for forthcoming global pandemics, may spread even more readily via fomite pathways too.https://doi.org/10.1186/s13036-021-00256-7CopperCold sprayAntimicrobial surfacesBiocidal contact killingViricidal contact inactivationAtomic ion diffusion pathways |
| spellingShingle | Bryer C. Sousa Christopher J. Massar Matthew A. Gleason Danielle L. Cote On the emergence of antibacterial and antiviral copper cold spray coatings Journal of Biological Engineering Copper Cold spray Antimicrobial surfaces Biocidal contact killing Viricidal contact inactivation Atomic ion diffusion pathways |
| title | On the emergence of antibacterial and antiviral copper cold spray coatings |
| title_full | On the emergence of antibacterial and antiviral copper cold spray coatings |
| title_fullStr | On the emergence of antibacterial and antiviral copper cold spray coatings |
| title_full_unstemmed | On the emergence of antibacterial and antiviral copper cold spray coatings |
| title_short | On the emergence of antibacterial and antiviral copper cold spray coatings |
| title_sort | on the emergence of antibacterial and antiviral copper cold spray coatings |
| topic | Copper Cold spray Antimicrobial surfaces Biocidal contact killing Viricidal contact inactivation Atomic ion diffusion pathways |
| url | https://doi.org/10.1186/s13036-021-00256-7 |
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