Contact-Active Antimicrobial Coatings Derived from Aqueous Suspensions

Kills germs on contact! Environmentally friendly aqueous dispersions of polymer nanobeads with a surface‐grafted antimicrobial emulsifier were prepared. Coatings prepared from these dispersions (see picture) kill microbes on contact, without releasing a biocide.

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Published in:	Angewandte Chemie International Edition Vol. 45; no. 40; pp. 6759 - 6762
Main Authors:	Fuchs, Andreas D., Tiller, Joerg C.
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	Weinheim WILEY-VCH Verlag 13-10-2006 WILEY‐VCH Verlag
Subjects:	Anti-Infective Agents - chemistry Anti-Infective Agents - pharmacology antimicrobial emulsifiers Biofilms block copolymers Coated Materials, Biocompatible - chemistry Coated Materials, Biocompatible - pharmacology nanoparticle coatings polymerization Polymers - chemistry Polystyrenes - chemistry Solubility Staphylococcus aureus - drug effects Staphylococcus aureus - growth & development Staphylococcus aureus - ultrastructure surface chemistry Surface Properties Suspensions Water
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Summary:	Kills germs on contact! Environmentally friendly aqueous dispersions of polymer nanobeads with a surface‐grafted antimicrobial emulsifier were prepared. Coatings prepared from these dispersions (see picture) kill microbes on contact, without releasing a biocide.
Bibliography:	istex:B94D32DF87E85B8458008B141FC7919E915C07C7 Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft ark:/67375/WNG-MHBR2GWQ-Q This work was financially supported by the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (Emmy Noether-Programm) and by the Fonds der Chemischen Industrie. The azoinitiator was kindly provided by Wako (Germany). The authors are grateful to Matthias Thiel for experimental assistance, to Rainer Wissert for the ESEM images, to Dr. Ralf Thomann for the TEM images, and to Dr. Klaus Pelz for providing the S. aureus cells. Fonds der Chemischen Industrie ArticleID:ANIE200602738 cells. S. aureus This work was financially supported by the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (Emmy Noether‐Programm) and by the Fonds der Chemischen Industrie. The azoinitiator was kindly provided by Wako (Germany). The authors are grateful to Matthias Thiel for experimental assistance, to Rainer Wissert for the ESEM images, to Dr. Ralf Thomann for the TEM images, and to Dr. Klaus Pelz for providing the ObjectType-Article-1 SourceType-Scholarly Journals-1 ObjectType-Feature-2 content type line 23
ISSN:	1433-7851 1521-3773
DOI:	10.1002/anie.200602738