I have planned to deposit curcumin on inorganic coatings for antimicrobial applications. I am anticipating any suggestion regarding the method of deposition to produce stable curcumin coatings on inorganic thin films.
Curcumin is a molecular dye, see (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Curcumin).
Depositing it would yield an unstable coating which would go off with exposure to solvents.
Alternatively you may need either:
- encapsulating the dye inside a polymer layer
or
- chemisorption of the molecules with the surface of the electrode (using a condensation reaction with surface OH groups).
Try dip coating method with good polymer adhesive / resin
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