Void engineering to promote the self-cleaning properties of bactericidal zinc oxide nanopillar array coatings
Engineering the void spaces within nanopillar arrays allows for control of hydrophobicity without compromising antibacterial activity. A new ZnO nano-porcupine (NP) topology is reported.
Authors
- Katharina Kohlmann
- Marc A. Gauthier (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5408-6570)
- Andreas Ruëdiger (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0815-5288)
- Marie‐Christine Groleau (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4810-1030)
- Amir Hassanpour (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4967-5266)
- Éric Déziel (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4609-0115)
- Shuhui Sun (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0508-2944)
- Andrea A. Greschner (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0005-1280-5759)
- Dalya Messaoudi
Institutions
- Institut National de la Recherche Scientifique (CA)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Materials Advances
- Published
- 2025-01-01
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1039/d5ma00180c
- Citations
- 1
- Primary Topic
- ZnO doping and properties
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.52
Funders
- Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada
- Fonds de recherche du Québec – Nature et technologies