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Chem. Commun., 2008, 951 - 953, DOI: 10.1039/b716026g


A new, simple approach to confer permanent antimicrobial properties to hydroxylated surfaces by surface functionalization

Othman Bouloussa, Francis Rondelez and Vincent Semetey


A new, simple method to obtain ultrathin polycationic monolayers on hydroxylated surfaces is described which uses a bifunctional copolymer comprising a reactive part (trimethoxysilane) and positive charges (quaternary ammonium salts) to confer antimicrobial properties.

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