%0 Online Multimedia %A Cattò, Cristina %A Villa, Federica %A Cappitelli, Francesca %D 2018 %T Recent progress in bio-inspired biofilm-resistant polymeric surfaces %U https://tandf.figshare.com/articles/media/Recent_progress_in_bio-inspired_biofilm-resistant_polymeric_surfaces/6828656 %R 10.6084/m9.figshare.6828656.v1 %2 https://tandf.figshare.com/ndownloader/files/12423530 %K Anti-biofilm %K bio-hybrid materials %K coatings %K natural molecules %K polymers %X

Any surface of human interest can serve as a substrate for biofilm growth, sometimes with detrimental effects. The social and economic consequences of biofilm-mediated damage to surfaces are significant, the financial impact being estimated to be billions of dollars every year. After describing traditional biocide-based approaches for the remediation of biofilm-affected surfaces, this review deals with more recent developments in material science, focusing on non-toxic, eco-sustainable nature-inspired biomaterials with anti-biofilm properties superior to the conventional biocide-based approaches in terms of addressing the biofilm problem.

%I Taylor & Francis