The Fabrication of Mechanobactericidal Coating and Its Application in Mechanical Sterilization

Bacteria are difficult to be eliminated because of their multi-drug resistance, which brings significant threats public health. Among the antibacterial methods, mechanobactericidal surfaces provide a possible approach solving this problem. In study, generally used mechanical sterilization is developed by fabricating nanostructured coating. The functional coating simply fabricated growing zeolitic imidazolate frameworks (ZIFs, ZIF-8 mixed with ZIF-67) nanospikes on surface fabric substrate in situ. ZIF stable and effective, efficiency approaching 99.9999%. This technique provides fast, safe, low-cost method without drug can potentially hospitals, emergency treatments, superbug protection future.