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Antimicrobial Coatings Obtained by Sol–Gel Method

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The sol-gel method is a powerful tool to functionalize are broad range of different materials by application of inorganic coatings. One important functionalization is the antimicrobial activity. By application of an antimicrobial sol-gel coating, the coated material is able to decrease the growth of bacterial, fungi or other microorganisms. Also the complete elimination of microorganism is possible. The sol-gel approach can realize the antimicrobial properties using different concepts as – contact action, controlled release or photoactivity. In following chapter, these concepts are explained in detail and a broad overview on different useful sol-gel materials is given.

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For the funding of electromicroscopic equipment, the authors acknowledge very gratefully the program FH-Basis of the German federal country of North Rhine-Westphalia NRW. We thank also Laura Keitel for helping with literature research on antimicrobial testing methods.

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    Thomas Grethe

  3. Institut für Lebensmitteltechnologie und Lebensmittelchemie, Technische Universität Berlin, Gustav-Meyer Allee 25, 13355, Berlin, Germany

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Mahltig, B., Grethe, T., Haase, H. (2016). Antimicrobial Coatings Obtained by Sol–Gel Method. In: Klein, L., Aparicio, M., Jitianu, A. (eds) Handbook of Sol-Gel Science and Technology. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-19454-7_102-1

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