Today we have visited Villa Selvatico near Battaglia Terme (PD), a very renowned thermal bath located in the Colli Euganei, Padova.

The building from the 16th century is currently undertaking extensive renovation before its grand opening this summer. The exterior of the villa is completed covered in trachyt, a natural local stone.

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 and manufactured at a large scale by Particular Materials, can find application in such 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 larga 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 over time the behavior of the coating with tests such as bacterial swabs and bacterial 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.

Stay tuned for what comes next!

If you would like to know more about BCTR 1005 and its photocatalytic and antibacterial properties, just drop an email to we.are@particularmaterials.com