Superdurable Coating Fabricated from a Double-Sided Tape with Long Term "Zero" Bacterial Adhesion.

ABSTRACT: There is no coating technology currently available to prevent the notorious biofilm formation issue. Here, a potential solution to fully address this tough issue is reported by developing a super-antifouling coating. The use of zwitterionic hydrogel (a double-sided tape) and commercial superglue is combined and a durable and ultrarobust antifouling zwitterionic (DURA-Z) coating is created that can be easily and universally applied on common substrates. Commercial superglue mostly for binding hydrophobic materials is used to strongly immobilize the superhydrophilic DURA-Z coating through interpenetration. DURA-Z coating effectively solves several key challenges preventing the current antifouling coatings from practical use, including difficult fabrication, low efficacy, poor toughness, and

SUBMITTER: Wang W 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5630065 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature