Dual Action Antimicrobial Surfaces: Alternating Photopatterns Maintain Contact‐Killing Properties with Reduced Biofilm Formation

Front Cover: Biofouling of surfaces remains a key issue despite progress in contact‐killing and antiadhesive coatings technology. In article number 2000371 by Peter Cass, Katherine E. S. Locock, and co‐workers, alternating lowfouling polymer regions are installed onto a surface using orthogonal surf...

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Published inMacromolecular materials and engineering Vol. 305; no. 10
Main Authors Blackman, Lewis D., Fros, Marion K., Welch, Nicholas G., Gengenbach, Thomas R., Qu, Yue, Pasic, Paul, Gunatillake, Pathiraja A., Thissen, Helmut, Cass, Peter, Locock, Katherine E. S.
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published 01.10.2020
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Summary:Front Cover: Biofouling of surfaces remains a key issue despite progress in contact‐killing and antiadhesive coatings technology. In article number 2000371 by Peter Cass, Katherine E. S. Locock, and co‐workers, alternating lowfouling polymer regions are installed onto a surface using orthogonal surface modification techniques. These dual action surfaces show significantly reduced biofouling compared to single component contact‐killing surfaces in the presence of a clinically relevant nosocomial opportunistic bacterial pathogen.
ISSN:1438-7492
1439-2054
DOI:10.1002/mame.202070026