Bacterial Antifouling Characteristics of Helicene-Graphene Films. Academic Article

abstract

• Herein, we describe interfacially-assembled [7]helicene films that were deposited on graphene monolayer using the Langmuir-Schaefer deposition by utilizing the interactions of nonplanar (helicene) and planar (graphene) - interactions as functional antifouling coatings. Bacterial adhesion of Staphylococcus aureus on helicene-graphene films was noticeably lower than that on bare graphene, up to 96.8% reductions in bacterial adhesion. The promising bacterial antifouling characteristics of helicene films was attributed to the unique molecular geometry of helicene, i.e., nano-helix, which can hinder the nanoscale bacterial docking processes on a surface. We envision that helicene-graphene films may eventually be used as protective coatings against bacterial antifouling on the electronic components of clinical and biomedical devices.

authors

• Akbulut, Mustafa

published proceedings

• Nanomaterials (Basel)

author list (cited authors)

• Liu, S., Bae, M., Hao, L. i., Oh, J. K., White, A. R., Min, Y., Cisneros-Zevallos, L., & Akbulut, M.

citation count

• 3

complete list of authors

• Liu, Shuhao||Bae, Michael||Hao, Li||Oh, Jun Kyun||White, Andrew R||Min, Younjin||Cisneros-Zevallos, Luis||Akbulut, Mustafa

publication date

• January 2021

publisher

• MDPI  Publisher

published in

• Nanomaterials  Journal

keywords

• Bacterial Antifouling
• Helicene
• Langmuir-schaefer
• S. Aureus
• Thin Film

PubMed Central ID

• 33401616

Digital Object Identifier (DOI)

• 10.3390/nano11010089

start page

• 89

end page

• 89

volume

• 11

issue

• 1

URL

• http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/nano11010089