RIR-MAPLE deposition of multifunctional films combining biocidal and fouling release properties.  Multifunctional films with both antimicrobial activity and fouling-release ability based on a biocidal quaternary ammonium salt (QAS) and thermo-responsive poly(N-isopropylacrylamide) (PNIPAAm) were deposited on substrates using resonant infrared, matrix-assisted pulsed laser evaporation (RIR-MAPLE).  The simplicity and universality of RIR-MAPLE to form films on a wide range of substrata make it a promising technique to deposit multifunctional films to actively mitigate bacterial biofouling.
RIR-MAPLE
Journal of materials chemistry. B
Yu Qian Q ;Ge Wangyao W ;Atewologun Ayomide A ;López Gabriel P GP ;Stiff-Roberts Adrienne D AD 