Abstract
Surface contamination by microorganisms such as viruses and bacteria may simultaneously aggravate the biofouling of surfaces and infection of wounds and promote cross-species transmission and the rapid evolution of microbes in emerging diseases. In addition, natural surface structures with unique anti-biofouling properties may be used as guide templates for the development of functional antimicrobial surfaces. Further, these structure-related antimicrobial surfaces can be categorized into microbicidal and anti-biofouling surfaces. This review introduces the recent advances in the development of microbicidal and anti-biofouling surfaces inspired by natural structures and discusses the related antimicrobial mechanisms, surface topography design, material application, manufacturing techniques, and antimicrobial efficiencies.
Original language | English |
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Article number | 1348 |
Journal | International Journal of Molecular Sciences |
Volume | 24 |
Issue number | 2 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - Jan 2023 |
Keywords
- anti-bacteria
- anti-biofouling
- anti-virus
- antimicrobial surface
- structure
- surface topography