Preface: Forum on Advances in Biocidal Materials and Interfaces
Preface: Forum on Advances in Biocidal Materials and Interfaces
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前言:杀菌材料和界面进展论坛
DOI:
10.1021/acsami.0c06495
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发表时间:
2020
影响因子:
9.5
通讯作者:
Schanze, Kirk S.
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作者:
Palermo, Edmund F.;Schanze, Kirk S.
This issue of ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces contains a forum on the topic of recent advances in the field of materials and interfaces that exert activity against a variety of pathogenic microorganisms, including a broad spectrum of bacteria, fungi, and even viruses. According to the World Health Organization, the rapid rise in antimicrobial resistance, which is further compounded by the recalcitrant decline in the number of new antimicrobial drugs approved each year, has given rise to a critically urgent public health crisis. 1 As we publish this forum, the current worldwide public health crisis of COVID19 has highlighted the particularly emergent need for materials that inactivate enveloped viruses on contact. Although the majority of papers on biocidal materials tend to focus on antibiotic drug-resistant bacteria (for good reason), renewed focus on enveloped viruses such as SARS-CoV2 is expected to increase rapidly in the near future. Much of the literature on antibacterial materials and interfaces has examined a mechanism of membrane disruption. It will be interesting in the future to discover the extent to which such knowledge may (or may not) be transferrable to the disruption of the lipid bilayer in enveloped viruses. Some precedent for such a concept is found in the early work of Klibanov. 2 Although it remains unknown at present, the prospect of applying these technologies, or similar, against the spread of SARS-CoV2 is clearly a high priority. In addition, the secondary bacterial infections of the lungs (pneumonia) that occur in critically ill COVID19 patients also highlight the paramount importance of biocidal coatings in the hospital setting.In this forum, you will find a wide variety of new ideas, methods, and developments in the area of active materials that can serve to self-disinfect materials and surfaces of interest. A review by Mitra et al. examines the high efficacy of various copper-based antimicrobial coatings in the clinical setting, drawing contrast with silver-based approaches. Lara and coworkers demonstrate the utility of silver nanoparticles in preventing fungal biofilms on clinically relevant silicone elastomer materials. Ghosh et al. present their work on novel antibacterial and antiviral coatings that feature covalently linked quaternary ammonium groups. Volmer and co-authors report the effects of sub-micrometer roughness on bacterial adhesion. Krumm and co-workers highlight their efforts on antibacterial polyionenes that kill bacteria on contact. Zhang and co-workers showed a new approach to antibacterial microgels that contain catechols in conjuction with magnetic nanoparticles. Song and co-workers provide a perspective on choice of materials and strategies for designing antimicrobial surfaces.