Described here is a simple and versatile approach for the preparation of antibacterial phosphonium-based coatings through the curing of a polymerizable tributylphosphonium monomer using UV light. The resulting surfaces resist bacterial growth and adhesion, even at high bacterial loadings up to 107 colony forming units per cm2.
T. J. Cuthbert, R. Guterman, P. J. Ragogna and E. R. Gillies, J. Mater. Chem. B, 2015, 3, 1474 DOI: 10.1039/C4TB01857E
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