Xianhua Zhang, Shaobo Ou-yang, Jiaolong Wang, Lan Liao*, Runfa Wu* and Junchao Wei* Pages 926 - 935 ( 10 )
Construction of antibacterial surfaces or films is of great interest in various fields including biomedicine, food, agriculture and so on. So far, a number of antibacterial agents have been used to construct antibacterial surfaces. Layer-by-Layer (LbL) assembly is a simple and versatile deposition process for fabricating multilayer thin films with great advantages to control the architecture and composition of the films. In this review, we give a brief introduction of LbL, and different materials used to fabricate antibacterial surfaces with LbL assembly approach are described as well as their drawbacks. Much attention is also paid to the recent development of multifunctional and intelligent antibacterial surfaces. Moreover, the advantages and limitations of these different types of antibacterial materials are summarized and subsequently directions for future development are proposed.
Layer-by-layer, antibacterial surfaces, nanoparticles, biomedicine, antibacterial agents, antibacterial materials.
Department of Prosthodontics, Affiliated Stomatological Hospital of Nanchang University, Nanchang 330006, Department of Prosthodontics, Affiliated Stomatological Hospital of Nanchang University, Nanchang 330006, Department of Prosthodontics, Affiliated Stomatological Hospital of Nanchang University, Nanchang 330006, Department of Prosthodontics, Affiliated Stomatological Hospital of Nanchang University, Nanchang 330006, Department of Prosthodontics, Affiliated Stomatological Hospital of Nanchang University, Nanchang 330006, College of Chemistry, Nanchang University, Nanchang 330031