A comprehensive review on techniques to create the anti-microbial surface of biomaterials to intervene in biofouling

Coating of silver nanoparticles on polyurethane film surface by green chemistry approach and investigation of antibacterial activity against S. epidermidis

“…6 To diminish the increasing number of BAI, it is essential to produce medical devices from the materials that can prevent bacterial attachment, their establishment, proliferation, and biofilm formation. 7,8 One of the important approaches to achieve resistance against bacterial colonization is developing antimicrobial surfaces and/or coatings with molecules of materials having such property. 2,8 It is known that the number of antibioticresistant pathogenic bacteria are increasing every year and the use of antibiotics are becoming limited.…”

“…7,8 One of the important approaches to achieve resistance against bacterial colonization is developing antimicrobial surfaces and/or coatings with molecules of materials having such property. 2,8 It is known that the number of antibioticresistant pathogenic bacteria are increasing every year and the use of antibiotics are becoming limited. 9 Silver nanoparticles (AgNPs) are promising alternatives since they provide very effective antimicrobial activity against many pathogenic microorganisms such as bacteria (including multi-drug resistant bacteria), 10 fungi, 11 virus 12 etc.…”

“…7,8 One of the important approaches to achieve resistance against bacterial colonization is developing antimicrobial surfaces and/or coatings with molecules of materials having such property. 2,8…”

Recent Progress on Optical Tomographic Technology for Measurements and Inspections of Film Structures

“…By adopting interferometric principles, optical coherence tomography (OCT) has been increasingly developed and commercialized in the biomedical area. Furthermore, the biomedical devices such as stents, implants, wires and catheters need the surface coating to protect the devices from corrosion as well as infection from disease, and the coated film should be carefully inspected to avoid unexpected hazards [ 17 , 18 ].…”

“…By adopting interferometric principles, optical coherence tomography (OCT) has been increasingly developed and commercialized in the biomedical area. Furthermore, the biomedical devices such as stents, implants, wires and catheters need the surface coating to protect the devices from corrosion as well as infection from disease, and the coated film should be carefully inspected to avoid unexpected hazards [17,18]. Typically, a scanning electron microscopy (SEM) and a transmission electron microscopy (TEM) have been widely used to inspect the metallic, organic and inorganic film structures with high precision [19,20].…”