@inbook{b8704f5fcb5b43c8a793991fd68fe5c3,
title = "Bio-inspired antimicrobial polymers",
abstract = "Traditionally, most antibiotics are relatively low molecular weight chemical compounds. Bacteria have shown the ability to acquire resistance to many antibiotics. In nature, on the other hand, there are examples of antibiotics to which resistance has not been developed. This is particularly the case for naturally occurring antimicrobial peptides. In this chapter we discuss antimicrobial peptides and their postulated mechanisms of action, followed by a review of synthetic polymers with structures inspired by biological molecules, particularly antimicrobial peptides. We also review the grafting of polymers onto biomaterials and biomedical devices, so as to generate polymeric antimicrobial coatings.",
keywords = "Antibacterial coatings, Antibiotics, Antimicrobial peptides, Antimicrobial polymers, Surface grafting",
author = "Michl, \{T. D.\} and Locock, \{K. E. S.\} and Griesser, \{S. S.\} and M. Haeussler and L. Meagher and Griesser, \{H. J.\}",
year = "2016",
doi = "10.1016/B978-1-78242-105-4.00004-3",
language = "English",
isbn = "9781782421054",
series = "Woodhead Publishing Series in Biomaterials",
publisher = "Woodhead Publishing Limited",
pages = "87--127",
editor = "L. Poole-Warren and P. Martens and R. Green",
booktitle = "Biosynthetic Polymers for Medical Applications",
address = "United Kingdom",
}