Table 1.

Examples of bioactive surfaces with antibacterial properties.

Drug Delivery Systems
Technology	Antibacterial Agent	Bacterial Target	Ref.
Drop Casting/Dip Coating	Chlorexidin	-	[14]
	Immunoglobulin G	Escherichia coli	[15]
Layer-by-Layer	Defensin	Micrococcus luteus E. coli	[16]
	PEGylated polylysine	E. coli	[18]
	Triclosan	Staphylococcus aureus	[19]
Sol-gel	Ag+/Zn2+	Staphylococcus mutans	[28]
	CuO	S. aureus E. coli	[29]
Electrochemical Deposition	Cu2+	S. aureus E. coli	[11]
	Ag+	S. aureus Pseudomonas. Aeruginosa E. coli	[12]
	Collagen	-	[22]
	Penicillin/Streptomicin	-	[23]
Covalent Immobilization
Surface Reactive groups	Antibacterial Ingredient	Bacterial target	Ref.
-COOH/-F	Melimine	P. aeruginosa S. aureus	[25]
-NH2	Algnic acid	-	[26]
-COCl	Vancomycin	S. aureus	[30]