Highly efficient photocatalytic bismuth oxide coatings and their antimicrobial properties under visible light irradiation
- Submitting institution
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Manchester Metropolitan University
- Unit of assessment
- 12 - Engineering
- Output identifier
- 1840
- Type
- D - Journal article
- DOI
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10.1016/j.apcatb.2018.08.020
- Title of journal
- Applied Catalysis B: Environmental
- Article number
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- First page
- 223
- Volume
- 239
- Issue
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- ISSN
- 0926-3373
- Open access status
- Compliant
- Month of publication
- August
- Year of publication
- 2018
- URL
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http://e-space.mmu.ac.uk/621154/
- Supplementary information
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- Output has been delayed by COVID-19
- No
- COVID-19 affected output statement
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- Forensic science
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- Criminology
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- Interdisciplinary
- No
- Number of additional authors
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3
- Research group(s)
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D - Surface Engineering
- Proposed double-weighted
- No
- Reserve for an output with double weighting
- No
- Additional information
- This is the first paper that reports the remarkable antimicrobial efficiency of photocatalytic bismuth oxide coatings against E.Coli under visible light irradiation. The authors have developed a technique for uniformly coating the surfaces of small glass beads in a single stage ‘clean’ process. The resulting hydrophobic nature of the coating promotes anti-fouling of the beads and opens the potential for use in water treatment systems against common water-borne pathogens. This is a multi-disciplinary work combining surface engineering, chemistry, microbiology and thin film characterization.
- Author contribution statement
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- Non-English
- No
- English abstract
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