Solvent-Free Fabrication of Self-Regenerating Antibacterial Surfaces Resisting Biofilm Formation
- 22 February 2021
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Chemical Society (ACS) in ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces
- Vol. 13 (8), 10553-10563
- https://doi.org/10.1021/acsami.0c20033
Abstract
Biofilm formation on indwelling medical devices is a major cause of hospital-acquired infections. Monofunctional antibacterial surfaces have been developed to resist the formation of biofilms by killing bacteria on contact, but the adsorption of killed bacterial cells and debris gradually undermines the function of these surfaces. Here, we report a facile approach to produce an antibacterial surface that can regenerate its function after contamination. The self-regenerating surface was achieved by sequential deposition of alternating antibacterial and biodegradable layers of coating using a solvent-free initiated chemical vapor deposition method. As the top antibacterial layer gradually loses its killing ability due to the accumulation of debris, the underlying biodegradable layer degrades, shedding off the top surface layers and exposing another fresh antibacterial surface. Urinary catheters coated with monofunctional and self-regenerating antibacterial coatings both showed more than 99% bacterial killing ability at the initial antibacterial test, but the monofunctional surface lost its killing ability after continued exposure to concentrated bacterial solution, whereas the self-regenerating surfaces regained strong bacterial killing ability after prolonged exposure. Employing poly(methacrylic anhydride) and its copolymers with varied composition as the degrading layer, the degradation kinetics can be well-tailored and the self-regeneration duration spanned from minutes to days. The designed self-regenerating antibacterial surfaces could provide an effective approach to resist biofilm formation and extend the service life of indwelling medical devices.Funding Information
- Natural Science Foundation of Ningbo (2019A610069, 2019A610179)
- National Natural Science Foundation of China (51873093)
- Natural Science Foundation of Zhejiang Province (LY20E030003)
- Major Project of 2025 Sci&Tech Innovation of Ningbo (2018B10052)
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