Sustainable and bio-inspired chemistry for robust antibacterial activity of stainless steel

Emilie Faure; Philippe Lecomte; Sandrine Lenoir; Christelle Vreuls; Cécile Van De Weerdt; Catherine Archambeau; Joseph Martial; Christine Jérôme; Anne-Sophie Duwez; Christophe Detrembleur

doi:10.1039/C1JM11380A

Sustainable and bio-inspired chemistry for robust antibacterial activity of stainless steel†

Emilie Faure,^a Philippe Lecomte,^a Sandrine Lenoir,^a Christelle Vreuls,^b Cécile Van De Weerdt,^b Catherine Archambeau,^c Joseph Martial,^b Christine Jérôme,^a Anne-Sophie Duwez^d and Christophe Detrembleur*^a

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^a Center for Education and Research on Macromolecules (CERM), University of Liège, Sart-Tilman, B6, Liège, Belgium
E-mail: christophe.detrembleur@ulg.ac.be

^b Centre of Biomedical Integrative Genoproteomics, University of Liège, B34 Sart-Tilman, Liège, Belgium

^c ArcelorMittal Liège Research, Bd de Colonster B57, Liège, Belgium

^d Nanochemistry and Molecular Systems (NANOCHEM), University of Liège, Sart-Tilman, B6, Liège, Belgium

Abstract

We report on the original synthesis of a poly(methacrylamide) bearing (oxidized) 3,4-dihydroxyphenylalanine specially designed to (i) insure film growth by covalent coupling, (ii) covalently bind an antibacterial peptide and (iii) contribute to the film cross-linking that is essential for the durability of the properties.

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Sustainable and bio-inspired chemistry for robust antibacterial activity of stainless steel†

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