Recent Development of Polydopamine Anti-Bacterial Nanomaterials

Polydopamine (PDA), as a mussel-inspired material, exhibits numerous favorable performance characteristics, such as a simple preparation process, prominent photothermal transfer efficiency, excellent biocompatibility, outstanding drug binding ability, and strong adhesive properties, showing great potential in the biomedical field. The rapid development of this field in the past few years has engendered substantial progress in PDA antibacterial materials. This review presents recent advances in PDA-based antimicrobial materials, including the preparation methods and antibacterial mechanisms of free-standing PDA materials and PDA-based composite materials. Furthermore, the urgent challenges and future research opportunities for PDA antibacterial materials are discussed.

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Polydopamine, inspired by mussels, has shown numerous favorable characteristics, such as simple preparation process, excellent biocompatibility, and strong adhesive properties, making it a highly promising material in the field of biomedicine. Recent advances in PDA-based antibacterial materials, including free-standing PDA materials and composite materials, are reviewed in this article. The urgent challenges and future research opportunities for PDA antibacterial materials are also discussed.