Table 4.

Summary of polymeric systems and configurations that exhibit both antiadhesive and antimicrobial properties on surfaces. Following abbreviations were used: Fusarium (F.), Bacillus (B.) and species (sp.). Efficacy in % refers to the bacteria kill ratio or bacterial adhesion reduction.

Antimicrobial Polymer	Configuration/ Nanostructure	Dimension	Antimicrobial Mechanism	Efficacy	Microbe of Interest	Ref.
APEG2400–PHMB	Bottlebrushes	25 nm thick	Biopassive + bioactive	5 log	E. coli	[170]
APEG2400–PHMG	Bottlebrushes	20 nm thick	Biopassive + bioactive	>99.9%	P. aeruginosa, S. aureus, F. solani	[171]
PF-127	Binary brushes	~7–14 nm thick	Biopassive + bioactive	85%	B. subtilis	[169]
PEI/SMA/PEI	Pores in thin films	~100 nm diameter	Biopassive + bioactive	99.99%	E. coli	[176]
PEGMA/PMETA	Multilayered films	10–14 nm bilayer	Biopassive + bioactive	97%	Pseudomonas sp.	[112]
PEG-polypeptides	Bottlebrushes	1–2 µm thick	Biopassive + bioactive	>99%	E. coli, S. aureus, P. aeruginosa	[174]
PMPC/a-PMETA	Assembled binary brushes	59 nm thick	Biopassive + bioactive	93% 93%	S. aureus A. coffeaeformis	[177]
MePPEP/ MePSAR	Assembled binary brushes	310 nm thick	Biopassive + bioactive	99%/97% 99%/99% 99%/94% 99%/95%	S. aureus E. coli P. aeruginosa C. albicans	[178]
PEG-b-PC	Brushes	5–7 nm thick	Biopassive + bioactive	100%	S. aureus	[173]