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Recent progress in bio-inspired biofilm-resistant polymeric surfaces

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posted on 2018-07-17, 17:59 authored by Cristina Cattò, Federica Villa, Francesca Cappitelli

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.

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This work was supported by the Fondazione Cariplo under the Grant no. 2011-0277.

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