Antibacterial coating applications

Potential applications of the LbL films as antibacterial coatings have also been reported. Multilayers of albumin/heparin can significantly reduce bacterial adhesion... 

The total biomedical PEG literature includes thousands of papers and hundreds of applications. Some of the applications, in addition to those mentioned above, include dmg delivery depots, cell encapsulants, lubricious surfaces, mucoadhesive dmg carriers, coatings for miaofluidic devices, antibacterial coatings, nonthrombogenic coatings, control of cell fusion, applications in ophthalmic implants, and separation membranes. 

In many cases, it is particularly useful to combine organic and inorganic coatings with metal particles to enhance the antibacterial functions. For example, silver has been widely applied as an antibacterial coating for various commercially available products such as vascular and urinary catheters and other medical devices. However, the toxicity of the silver released into the environment and the relatively high cost are key issues limiting the applications of silver. ... 

Balagna Cristina, Perero Sergio, Ferraris Sara, et al. Antibacterial coating on polymer for space application. Mater. Chem. Phys. 135 no. 2-3 (2012) 714-722. 

Polyelectrolyte multilayers (PEMs) are very important materials due to having a wide range of application helds such as encapsulation of drugs and enzymes, membrane-based separations, antibacterial coatings, membrane reactors and fuel cells. Polyelectrolyte multilayer (PEM) has a wide range of transport properties, simple deposition and small thickness, so it can be used in separation membranes. Polyelectrolyte concentration, duration and temperature of adsorption, deposition and solution pH are key parameters for specific separations. In addition the number of poly electrolyte layers can alter the properties of poly electrolyte. Poly (styrene sulfonate) (PSS)/poly(diallyldimethylammonium chloride) (PDADMAC) films are utilized in separation membranes. The adsorption of Cu(II) or Fe(III) ions can be carried out with PSS/poly(allylamine hydrochloride) (PAH) membranes. 

Krishnamoorthy M, Hakobyan S, Ramstedt M, Gautrot JE (2014) Surface-initiated polymer bmshes in the biomedical field applications in membrane science, biosensing, cell culture, regenerative medicine and antibacterial coatings. Chem Rev 114(21) 10976-11026... 

There are many applications in the medical and food sanitization fields for which antimicrobial surface coatings are needed. There are commercially available products making antibacterial claims, but they are limited in their applications by such factors as a poor spectra of activity, high cost, and toxicity. Work in the laboratories at Auburn Uifiversity over the past two decades has established a novel class of heterocyclic orgaific compounds termed A-halamines that have been demonstrated to be excellent antimicrobial materials for a broad variety of applications. 

Photocatalysis based on TiO has attracted much attention for enviromnental cleaning and antibacterial applications [1-3], In order to synthesize TiO nanoparticles, various modification of the sol-gel method have been widely used. However, sol-gel prepared TiO requires a post-calcination process for crystallization [4], which limits the applicability of TiO coatings to temperatnre resistant substrates. On the other hand, the solvothermal method, which does not need to be followed... 

Azelaic acid (AA), 1,9-nonanedioic acid or heptane-1,7-dicarboxylic acid, is used in manifold application areas. AA is offered in the pharmaceutical field for the treatment of acne and rosacea due to its antibacterial effect [1,2]. However, AA is much more widely applied as a monomer for the production of polymers such as alkyd resins, polyamides, and impact-proof polyesters or for the synthesis of plasticizers, lubricants, lithium complex greases, corrosion inhibitors, dielectric fluids, heat-transfer fluids, metal to glass fluxes, emulsion breakers, waxes, tobacco sheet plasticizers, hot-melt coatings and adhesives, water-soluble coating resins, hydraulic fluids, fungicides, insecticides, and so on [3-7]. 

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