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Polypropylene with embedded copper metal or copper oxide nanoparticles as a novel plastic antimicrobial agent

Katherine Delgado, Raúl Quijada, Humberto Palza

Letters in Applied Microbiology · 2011 · 223 citations · 15 references

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Our findings open up novel applications of these ion-copper-delivery plastic materials based on PP with embedded copper nanoparticles with great potential as antimicrobial agents.

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