Issue 12, 2021

Polymeric antibacterial materials: design, platforms and applications

Abstract

Over the past decades, the morbidity and mortality caused by pathogen invasion remain stubbornly high even though medical care has increasingly improved worldwide. Besides, impacted by the ever-growing multidrug-resistant bacterial strains, the crisis owing to the abuse and misuse of antibiotics has been further exacerbated. Among the wide range of antibacterial strategies, polymeric antibacterial materials with diversified synthetic strategies exhibit unique advantages (e.g., their flexible structural design, processability and recyclability, tuneable platform construction, and safety) for extensive antibacterial fields as compared to low molecular weight organic or inorganic antibacterial materials. In this review, polymeric antibacterial materials are summarized in terms of four structure styles and the most representative material platforms to achieve specific antibacterial applications. The superiority and defects exhibited by various polymeric antibacterial materials are elucidated, and the design of various platforms to elevate their efficacy is also described. Moreover, the application scope of polymeric antibacterial materials is summarized with regard to tissue engineering, personal protection, and environmental security. In the last section, the subsequent challenges and direction of polymeric antibacterial materials are discussed. It is highly expected that this critical review will present an insight into the prospective development of antibacterial functional materials.

Graphical abstract: Polymeric antibacterial materials: design, platforms and applications

Article information

Article type
Review Article
Submitted
19 Jan 2021
Accepted
26 Feb 2021
First published
12 Mar 2021

J. Mater. Chem. B, 2021,9, 2802-2815

Polymeric antibacterial materials: design, platforms and applications

H. Luo, X. Yin, P. Tan, Z. Gu, Z. Liu and L. Tan, J. Mater. Chem. B, 2021, 9, 2802 DOI: 10.1039/D1TB00109D

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