Antibacterial and photoactive coating BCTR 1005 applied at Villa Selvatico
Today we have visited Villa Selvatico near Battaglia Terme (PD), a very renowned thermal bath located in the Colli Euganei, Padova.
We worked in partnership with the owners to find a solution to keep clean the exterior of the villa, and at the same time provide antibacterial protection to its guests.
“It is great to see that a product developed in the lab at the nanoscale andmanufactured at a large scale by Particular Materials, can find application insuch an extraordinary location” says Ing. Adriano Miola, the owner of Villa Selvatico.
“With BCTR 1005 we have developed a coating for exteriors that is at the same time photocatalytic and antibacterial”, adds Riccardo Momoli,Sales & Marketing Manager for Particular Materials.
Today marks the first milestone in moving the product from the lab to a large-scale application, where thousands of squared meters will be covered with BCTR 1005.
BCTR 1005 is a dispersion of TiO2 nanoparticles decorated with silver nanoparticles in water, specially designed to take advantage of the photocatalytic effect of TiO2 when illuminated by UV radiation from natural sunlight, and the antibacterial and antiviral properties of silver nanoparticles, which are active both in the sun and in the dark.
We have treated the surface at different product concentrations, to follow overtime the behavior of the coating with tests such as bacterial swabs andbacterial counts.
The photocatalytic performance will be evaluated in comparison with untreated surfaces, over time. Once the most effective concentration has been determined by the tests, we will proceed in treating all the exterior surfaces of Villa Selvatico.
