Hossein Yazdani-Ahmadabadi, Kai Yu, Sara Khoddami, Demian F Felix, Han H Yeh, Haiming D Luo, Igor Moskalev, Qiong Wang, Rizhi Wang, Dana Grecov, Ladan Fazli, Dirk Lange, Jayachandran N Kizhakkedathu
A major medical device-associated complication is the biofilm-related infection post-implantation. One promising approach to prevent this is to coat already commercialized medical devices with effective antibiofilm materials. However, developing a robust high-performance antibiofilm coating on devices with a nonflat geometry remains unmet. Here, we report the development of a facile scalable nanoparticle-based antibiofilm silver composite coating with long-term activity applicable to virtually any objects including difficult-to-coat commercially available medical devices utilizing a catecholic organic-aqueous mixture...
February 15, 2023: ACS Nanosci Au