Novel antimicrobial paint for surface coating applications
A recent study describes antimicrobial paints based on binary and ternary dioxouranium (VI) complexes.
For the study, new antimicrobial waterborne paint formulation based on Schiff base ligand and its binary and ternary complexes of UO22+ ion, as antimicrobial additives, were prepared and evaluated.
The antimicrobial compounds were physically added to waterborne coating formulation at a laboratory scale to obtain the antimicrobial of the coating formulation against some of Gram-negative, Gram-positive bacteria and fungi.
Very good antimicrobial effect
The results of the biological activities indicated that the ligand and its metal complexes exhibit a very good antimicrobial effect for paint formulations either in wet or dry coated films. Also, the mechanical resistance of coating films was studied. It was found that the prepared antimicrobial additives improved the film performance and enhanced physical and mechanical resistance of the coated film.
The study has been published in Progress in Organic Coatings, Volume 151, February 2021.
