自粘性聚氨酸/酸混合水凝,具有对生物膜的协同抗菌活性

Deepa Garg1, Deepak Kumar1, Sakshi Paliwal2

  • 1Materials Science & Sensor Application Division, CSIR-Central Scientific Instruments Organisation (CSIR-CSIO), Chandigarh 160030, India; Academy of Scientific and Innovative Research, Ghaziabad, 201002, Uttar Pradesh, India.

概括

这项研究开发了一种使用酸 (TA) 和聚-l-lysine (PLL) 进行生物医学植入物的混合水凝涂层. 这种新型涂层表现出强大的粘附性和有效的抗菌特性,显著减少了与植入物相关的感染.

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