title: Going viral: designing bioactive surfaces with bacteriophage.
abstract: Bacteriophage-functionalized bioactive surfaces are functional materials that can be used as antimicrobial surfaces in medical applications (e.g., indwelling medical devices or wound dressings) or as biosensors for bacterial capture and detection. Despite offering immense potential, designing efficient phage-functionalized bioactive surfaces is hampered by a number of challenges. This review offers an overview of the current state of knowledge in this field and presents a critical perspective of the technological promises and challenges.
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemical Engineering, McGill University, Montreal, QC, Canada H3A 0C5.
authors.forename: Zeinab
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Hosseinidoust
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemical Engineering, McGill University, Montreal, QC, Canada H3A 0C5.
authors.forename: Adam L J
authors.initials: AL
authors.lastname: Olsson
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemical Engineering, McGill University, Montreal, QC, Canada H3A 0C5. Electronic address: nathalie.tufenkji@mcgill.ca.
authors.forename: Nathalie
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Tufenkji
mesh_terms: D001435:Bacteriophages; D015374:Biosensing Techniques; D036103:Nanotechnology / Q000379:methods; D013499:Surface Properties
keywords: Biomaterials; Biosensing; Functional surfaces; Surface functionalization; Virus assembly