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. 2021 May 12;13(10):1552. doi: 10.3390/polym13101552

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(a) AFM topography image depicts the morphology of the as-prepared PEI/SMA/PEI surface. (b) Antimicrobial properties of non-chlorinated and chlorinated PEI/SMA/PEI systems with respect to their analogs. (c) Schematic representation (top) and surface morphology, as revealed by AFM (bottom), of the PMPC/a-PMETA binary polymer brushes. (d) Percentage of the adhered S. aureus cells on the pristine and PMPC/a-PMETA surfaces compared to their analogs before and after aging, after exposure to the bacterial suspension in artificial seawater for 4 h. (e,f) Schematics (e) and AFM topography image (f) depict MePPEP/MePSAR binary brushes on a solid surface. White broken line in (f) was used to estimate the film roughness. (g) Contact bactericidal activity of the MePPEP and MePPEP/MePSAR coatings against various microbes. Adapted with permission from ref. [176] (a,b), ref. [177] (c,d) and ref. [178] (e–g).