Polymers against Microorganisms : On the Race to Efficient Antimicrobial Materials

• Main Author: Rodríguez-Hernández, Juan. (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2017.
• Subjects: Materials science.; Medical microbiology.; Polymers.; Biomaterials.; elektronické knihy; electronic books
• ISBN: 9783319479613
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (XIII, 278 p. 93 illus., 63 illus. in color.)

This book provides an introductory and general overview of advances in polymers towards their employment as antimicrobial materials. The author describes current approaches for avoiding microbial contamination, toward macro-molecular antibiotics, and prevention of antibiotic-resistant bacteria by us...