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A new, simple approach to confer permanent antimicrobial properties to hydroxylated surfaces by surface functionalization

Authors :
Francis Rondelez
Othman Bouloussa
Vincent Semetey
Laboratoire Physico-Chimie Curie [Institut Curie] (PCC)
Institut Curie [Paris]-Institut de Chimie du CNRS (INC)-Sorbonne Université (SU)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)
Source :
Chemical Communications, Chemical Communications, Royal Society of Chemistry, 2008, pp.951. ⟨10.1039/B716026G⟩
Publication Year :
2008

Abstract

A new, simple method to obtain ultrathin polycationic monolayers on hydroxylated surfaces is described which uses a bifunctional copolymer comprising a reactive part (trimethoxysilane) and positive charges (quaternary ammonium salts) to confer antimicrobial properties.

Details

ISSN :
13597345 and 1364548X
Issue :
8
Database :
OpenAIRE
Journal :
Chemical communications (Cambridge, England)
Accession number :
edsair.doi.dedup.....53206dbd1dd5810dfd8b1ba04c98e6b3
Full Text :
https://doi.org/10.1039/B716026G⟩