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Journal of Polymer & Composites

Antibacterial Surfaces: A Comprehensive Review

  1. Jayadeekshitha M.
  2. Nistala Venkata Subrahmanyam
  3. Karthik raj
  4. Dipankar Pal

Abstract

Microbial communities adhere to surfaces and colonize themselves. Challenges such as microbial infections are, especially, observed on the surface associated with various medical products. In this review, the authors made efforts to maintain the balance of clarity among different types of antibacterial surfaces that exhibit anti-biofouling or bactericidal or both with the help of present advancements. Besides, this review paper categorised different approaches to modify the surface to antibacterial surfaces using either physical approach or chemical approaches which include applications of coating (such as plasma modification, polymerization, derivatization, functionalization). Biomimicry in nature is the subtle way of observing and understanding how it works. Using this strategy, many developments have been made in wide range of areas. Also, applications were included wherever possible and had been tabulated along with mode of modification and properties. Finally, some surfaces are discussed briefly.

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