Understanding and controlling interfaces has proven to be key to a very wide range of
applications, from optical and electronic materials 1, 2 to energy storage and production, 3 …

Polymers are commonly used in industry because of their excellent bulk properties, such as
strength and good resistance to chemicals. Their surface properties are for most application …

The effective and widely tested biocides: Benzalkonium chloride, bronopol, chitosan,
chlorhexidine and irgasan were added in different concentrations to atelocollagen matrices …

Despite many synthetic biomaterials having physical properties that are comparable or even
superior to those of natural body tissues, they frequently fail due to the adverse physiological …

Surface modification of polymers has become a vibrant field of research on account of a
myriad of rationales which stimulated numerous efforts. The current paper serves as a …

Antimicrobial surfaces for food and medical applications have historically involved
antimicrobial coatings that elute biocides for effective kill in solution or at surfaces. However …

The increasing number of antibiotic-resistant bacterial strains has developed into a major
health problem. In particular, biofilms are the main reason for hospital-acquired infections …

Bacterial attachment onto the surface of polymers in medical devices such as polyvinyl
chloride (PVC) is influenced by the physicochemical properties of the polymer, including its …

In the present work, hydrophobic modification of polyvinyl chloride (PVC) was performed
with the introduction of ethyl acrylate (EA) monomer onto the polymer backbone, by free …

The antibacterial and photocatalytic PVC film was prepared by doping heteronanostructure
of TiO2 nanowire@ Ag nanoparticles. TiO2 nanowire with 50–60nm in diameter and 0.1 mm …