The presence of silver-oxygen complex species and the resistivity of biocidal silver films deposited by magnetron sputtering

被引:5
作者
Sant, S. B. [1 ]
Weir, D. G. [2 ]
Burrell, R. E. [3 ,4 ]
机构
[1] Indian Inst Technol, Dept Met & Mat Engn, Kharagpur 721302, W Bengal, India
[2] Westaim Corp, Ft Saskatchewan, AB T8L 3W4, Canada
[3] Univ Alberta, Dept Chem & Mat Engn, Edmonton, AB T6G 2V4, Canada
[4] Univ Alberta, Dept Biomed Engn, Edmonton, AB T6G 2V4, Canada
关键词
Sputtering; Nanocrystalline materials; Electrical resistivity; X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy; Biocidal silver films; ELECTRICAL-RESISTIVITY; MORPHOLOGY;
D O I
10.1016/j.scriptamat.2009.07.031
中图分类号
TB3 [工程材料学];
学科分类号
0805 ; 080502 ;
摘要
Novel silver films exhibiting antimicrobial behaviour were produced by magnetron sputtering using a range of gas composition, gas pressure and power, and studied using electrical resistivity measurements and X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy. Careful interpretation of the resistivity data has provided an insight into the crystallinity of these films and was highly successful in explaining the adsorption of oxygen species on the silver surface. The roles of oxygen and microstructural features in explaining the unique properties of silver are discussed in this paper. (C) 2009 Acta Materialia Inc. Published by Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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页码:907 / 910
页数:4
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