Journal: Materials Today Bio
Article Title: Fabrication of N-halamine coatings with long-lasting bacterial inhibition and bacterial biofilm disruption functions for invisible aligner applications
doi: 10.1016/j.mtbio.2025.102112
Figure Lengend Snippet: (a) Images of the bacterial colonies formed by S. mutans , F. nucleatum and C. albicans contacted with various treatments. The antimicrobial efficiency against (b) S. mutans , (c) F. nucleatum and (d) C. albicans of microbial suspension after exposure to various treatments (n = 3). (e) Crystal violet staining images of biofilm on PETG, PA@PEI, and PA@PEI-Cl coatings. The biofilm biomass (OD 570 nm) of (f) S. mutans , (g) F. nucleatum and (h) C. albicans after exposure to various treatments. (i) Representative SEM images of the microbes after various treatments. (∗ p < 0.05, ∗∗ p < 0.01, ∗∗∗ p < 0.001, ∗∗∗∗ p < 0.0001). (For interpretation of the references to color in this figure legend, the reader is referred to the Web version of this article.)
Article Snippet: The antibacterial effect of the samples was evaluated with aerobe Streptococcus mutans ( S. mutans , ATCC 25175), anaerobe Fusobacterium nucleatum ( F. nucleatum , ATCC 25586) and Candida albicans ( C. albicans , ATCC 10231).
Techniques: Suspension, Staining