Table 1.

Materials functionalized with antimicrobial nanoparticles

Shorthand name	Description	Preparation	Supplier
Glass	12 mm diameter circular borosilicate glass cover slips	10-minute ultrasonication in acetone, 10-minute ultrasonication in industrial methylated spirits, air dry	Agar Scientific, Stansted, UK
Alginate wound dressing	10 × 7 mm sections of a commercially available wound dressing containing alginate fibers	Used as supplied	Savlon® Alginate Dressings, Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corp, Basel, Switzerland
Titanium	10 × 10 × 1 mm square sections of grade 2, commercially pure titanium	Polished using 80 grit silicon carbide paper, 10-minute ultrasonication in acetone, 10-minute ultrasonication in industrial methylated spirits, air dry	Ti-TEK Ltd, Sutton Coldfield, UK