Abstract

Biofouling is a critical problem in health sector, marine industries and is a cause of 
severe economic burden. Hospital acquired infections, pandemics and fouling of 
marine equipment are some of the drawbacks of biofouling that are being 
experienced worldwide. Among various strategies to address this problem, direct 
killing of biofilms is the mostly commonly applied approach and sanitization 
techniques are utilized to disinfect different surfaces to prevent the transfer of 
microbes from one surface to another. Physical and chemical methods of surface 
modifications to prepare slippery surfaces have recently been evaluated to 
reduce the adsorption of microbes. This study describes the development of 
vitamin B5 analogous polymers coated smooth surfaces. The hydrophilic surfaces 
prepared are tested for the attachment of bacteria and proteins. Our results 
indicate that polymer coated smooth surfaces showed minimal attachment of bacteria 
and protein post-modification.