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JOURNAL OF BIOMATERIALS SCIENCE-POLYMER EDITION
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TAYLOR & FRANCIS LTD
DOI: 10.1080/09205063.2019.1603066
Keywords
Antibacterial coating; polymer brush; poly(oligo(ethylene glycol) methacrylate); silver nanoparticle
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Herein, we report on a robust approach to fabricate antibacterial nanocomposite coating simply by immersing poly(oligo(ethylene glycol) methacrylate) (POEGMA) brush into a silver perchlorate solution without using any external reducing agents. The POEGMA brush of 48.3 nm in thickness is prepared via surface-initiated atom transfer radical polymerization method. Field-emission scanning electron microscope and Raman measurements indicate that silver nanoparticles of 14 similar to 25 nm in diameter are successfully embedded into the POEGMA brush. Antibacterial activities of the resultant silver-loaded POEGMA brushes against both Gram-negative Escherichia coli and Gram-positive Staphylococcus aureus are measured by zone of inhibition and colony-counting methods, respectively. The results show that the silver-loaded POEGMA coatings exhibit enhanced antibacterial efficiency compared to bare POEGMA brush. In order to elucidate their antibacterial mechanism, silver release behaviors of these silver-loaded POEGMA brushes are monitored via inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry. [GRAPHICS] .
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