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TiO2 nanoporous surfaces and their properties
Roček, Vojtěch ; Urbánková, Kateřina (referee) ; Drbohlavová, Jana (advisor)
This thesis is focused on creation nanostructured surfaces of titanium dioxide and the use of photocatalytic activity of these surfaces for antimicrobial applications. The work is divided into nine main chapters, in which the literature search for producing these surfaces, the principle of photocatalysis and their typical specifics was made. These theoretical findings are then used to form such layers, analyzing their chemical and physical properties and practical verification of their antimicrobial activity. This work experimentally verified processes to ensure the increase of antimicrobial activity. The results and findings are discussed in the conclusion.
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Dynamics of drying of sessile droplets in dependence on the surface wettability
Štefaníková, Radka ; Kylián, Ondřej (advisor) ; Shukurov, Andrey (referee)
Wettability is one of the key parameters that govern interaction between solid objects and their surrounding environment. In this work wettability of two kinds of materials was investigated - untreated and plasma treated polyether ether ketone and nanostructured C:F thin films deposited either onto a smooth substrate or on substrates seeded with nanoparticles. In the first case the main focus was given to the evaluation of dependence of wettability and water droplet drying dynamics on the plasma treated PEEK on storage time. It was found that plasma treatment induces changes in surface morphology and in chemical composition that in turn results in dramatic increase of surface wettability as well as in alteration in drying dynamics. It was shown that whereas chemical composition and wettability gradually approach properties observed on untreated PEEK, the drying dynamics, namely disappearance of the constant contact angle phase, is temporally stable. In the second case the main emphasis was given to the investigation of the effect of surface nanoroughness and its character on wettability of produced samples. It was found that when the base layer was composed from nanoparticles of the same kind, the surfaces exhibited higher values of water contact angles as compared to C:F films deposited onto smooth...
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TiO2 nanoporous surfaces and their properties
Roček, Vojtěch ; Urbánková, Kateřina (referee) ; Drbohlavová, Jana (advisor)
This thesis is focused on creation nanostructured surfaces of titanium dioxide and the use of photocatalytic activity of these surfaces for antimicrobial applications. The work is divided into nine main chapters, in which the literature search for producing these surfaces, the principle of photocatalysis and their typical specifics was made. These theoretical findings are then used to form such layers, analyzing their chemical and physical properties and practical verification of their antimicrobial activity. This work experimentally verified processes to ensure the increase of antimicrobial activity. The results and findings are discussed in the conclusion.
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