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Antibacterial properties of traditional ceramic glazes containing copper oxide

  • Journal of the Korean Crystal Growth and Crystal Technology
  • Abbr : J. Korean Cryst. Growth Cryst. Technol.
  • 2019, 29(6), pp.372-378
  • DOI : 10.6111/JKCGCT.2019.29.6.372
  • Publisher : The Korea Association Of Crystal Growth, Inc.
  • Research Area : Engineering > Materials Science and Engineering
  • Received : November 11, 2019
  • Accepted : December 12, 2019
  • Published : December 31, 2019

Ungsoo Kim 1 Choi Jung Hoon 1 Ro, Hyung Goo 1 Han Kyu Sung 1 Jin-Ho Kim 2 Kwangtaek Hwang 1

1한국세라믹기술원
2한국세라믹기술원 이천분원

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ABSTRACT

Traditional ceramic glazes formulated with copper oxide (CuO) exhibited antibacterial properties on Staphylococcusaureus (Gram Positive) and Escherichia coli (Gram Negative). All the ceramic glazes containing CuO showed antibacterialbehavior when fired in reducing atmosphere. However, some of copper glazes presented antibacterial behavior and had noantibacterial properties at all when sintered in an oxidizing atmosphere. To elucidate the antibacterial mechanism, ceramicglazes were studied for phase and microstructure analysis, dissolution behavior and surface zeta potential. Metallic copperwas precipitated in the glaze layer when sintered in reducing atmosphere. Less than 0.05 ppm of Cu ion was dissolved fromglazes. Ca ion was most dissolved among all the samples. Glaze surface was highly negatively charged when CuO wasadded over 3 wt.% regardless of the sintering atmosphere. The antibacterial behavior of ceramic glazes seemed to be directlyrelated to the dissolution behavior of cations, but the antibacterial behavior of oxidized specimens was not explained by thedissolution behavior. Surface potential of ceramic glazes appeared to play an auxiliary role in antibacterial properties.

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