Development of a versatile strategy for antibacterial surfaces is of great scientific interest and
practical significance. However, few methods can be used to fabricate antibacterial surfaces
on substrates of different chemistries and structures. In addition, traditional antibacterial
surfaces may suffer problems related to the attached dead bacteria. Herein, antibacterial
surfaces with multifunctionality and regenerability are fabricated by a universal strategy.
Various substrates are first deposited with multilayered films containing guest moieties …