Antibacterial Strategies from the Sea: Polymer-Bound Cl-Catechols for Prevention of Biofilm Formation

García-Fernández, Luis; Cui, Jiaxi; Serrano, Cristina; Shafiq, Zahid; Gropeanu, Radu A.; San Miguel Arnanz, Verónica; Iturri Ramos, Jagoba; Wang, Miao; Auernhammer, Günter K.; Ritz, Sandra; Golriz, Ali A.; Berger, Rüdiger; Wagner, Manfred; del Campo, Aránzazu

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Antibacterial Strategies from the Sea: Polymer-Bound Cl-Catechols for Prevention of Biofilm Formation

Author(s): García-Fernández, Luis; Cui, Jiaxi; Serrano, Cristina; Shafiq, Zahid; Gropeanu, Radu A.; San Miguel Arnanz, Verónica; Iturri Ramos, Jagoba; Wang, Miao; Auernhammer, Günter K.; Ritz, Sandra; Golriz, Ali A.; Berger, Rüdiger; Wagner, Manfred; del Campo, Aránzazu

Publisher: WILEY-VCH

Issued date: 2013-01-18

Citation: Advanced Materials, 2013, 25 (4), pp. 529-533.

ISSN: 0935-9648

DOI: http://www.dx.doi.org/10.1002/adma.201203362

Sponsor: The authors thank Uwe Rietzler from the Max-Planck-Institut für Polymerforschung for the SFM-based thickness measurements.

Keywords: Biomimetics , Catechols , Antibacterial strategies , DOPA

URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10016/24539

Abstract:

Inspired by the amino acid 2-chloro-4,5-dihydroxyphenylalanine (Cl-DOPA), present in the composition of the proteinaceous glue of the sandcastle worm Phragmatopoma californica, a simple strategy is presented to confer antifouling properties to polymer surfaces [+]

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