期刊
ACS APPLIED MATERIALS & INTERFACES
卷 13, 期 31, 页码 37693-37703出版社
AMER CHEMICAL SOC
DOI: 10.1021/acsami.1c10125
关键词
antibiofilm; superhydrophobic; Pickering emulsions; coatings; fluorine-free
资金
- Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development, Israel [20-06-0123]
The study introduces antibiofilm coating formulations based on Pickering emulsion templating, which utilize hydrophobic silica to stabilize emulsions of polydimethylsiloxane in toluene or xylene. These coatings exhibit highly efficient passive antibiofilm activity due to their superhydrophobic properties, achieved through a honeycomb-like structure with micron-scale and nanoscale roughness.
This study presents antibiofilm coating formulations based on Pickering emulsion templating. The coating contains no bioactive material because its antibiofilm properties stem from passive mechanisms that derive solely from the superhydrophobic nature of the coating. Moreover, unlike most of the superhydrophobic formulations, our system is fluorine-free, thus making the method eminently suitable for food and medical applications. The coating formulation is based on water in toluene or xylene emulsions that are stabilized using commercial hydrophobic silica, with polydimethylsiloxane (PDMS) dissolved in toluene or xylene. The structure of the emulsions and their stability was characterized by confocal microscopy and cryogenic-scanning electron microscopy (cryo-SEM). The most stable emulsions are applied on polypropylene (PP) surfaces and dried in an oven to form PDMS/silica coatings in a process called emulsion templating. The structure of the resulting coatings was investigated by atomic force microscopy (AFM) and SEM. The surface of the coatings shows a honeycomb-like structure that exhibits a combination of micron-scale and nanoscale roughness, which endows it with its superhydrophobic properties. After tuning, the superhydrophobic properties of the coatings demonstrated highly efficient passive antibiofilm activity. In vitro antibiofilm trials with E. coli indicate that the coatings reduced the biofilm accumulation by 83% in the xylene-water-based surfaces and by 59% in the case of toluene-water-based surfaces.
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