Table 1.
Overview of different varieties of non-drug eluting antimicrobial device coatings
| Metallic-based coatings | Polymer-based coatings |
|---|---|
| Silver nanoparticles | Quaternary ammonium salts |
| -Silver nanoparticles with metal oxides 39,40,43,61,62 | -Functionalized QASs 44,68,69 |
| -Silver doped hydroxyapatite 63,64 | -Imidazolium salts 70,71 |
| -Nanosilver coatings42,65,66,67 | -QAS silane coating 35 |
| -QAS crosslinked PEI nanoparticles 47 | |
| -Rubber oligomers with QAS groups 72 | |
| Capped silver nanoparticles | Cationic polymers |
| -Kocuran capped silver glyconanoparticles 73 | -PEI brushes 45 |
| -Cyclodextrin-capped silver nanoparticles 74 | -Cationic pyridinium 76 |
| -PEG-heparin-capped silver nanoparticles 75 | -Cationic PEG polycarbonate diblock copolymers 77,78 |
| -Cationic copolymers with QAS groups 79,80 | |
| Silver-loaded nanocomposites | Nanotopography-etched surfaces |
| -Poly(styrene-co-acrylic acid) nanocomposites 81 | -Nanopillar etching 84 |
| -PNIPAm microgels 82 | -Biological mimicking surface 85 |
| -Spherical polyelectrolyte brushes 83 | |
| Copper nanoparticles | pH-sensitive hydrophobicity |
| -Copper nanocomposites 86 | -Hydrophobic/hydrophilic diblock copolymer 25 |
| -Copper and silver nanoparticles 41,87 | -Layer-by-layer hydrogel 46 |
| -Copper nanoparticles with metal oxides 88,89 |