title: Photoactivatable Nanostructured Surfaces for Biomedical Applications.
abstract: This review aims to summarize the current status of photoactivatable nanostructured film and polymeric nanofiber surfaces used in biomedical applications with emphasis on their photoantimicrobial activity, oxygen-sensing in biological media, light-triggered release of drugs, and physical or structural transformations. Many light-responsive functions have been considered as novel ways to alter surfaces, i.e., in terms of their reactivities and structures. We describe the design of surfaces, nano/micro-fabrication, the properties affected by light, and the application principles. Additionally, we compare the various approaches reported in the literature.
authors.affiliation: Faculty of Science, Charles University in Prague, Hlavova 2030, 128 43, Praha 2, Czech Republic. mosinger@natur.cuni.cz.|Institute of Inorganic Chemistry of the CAS, v. v. i., Husinec-Řež 1001, 250 68, Řež, Czech Republic. mosinger@natur.cuni.cz.
authors.forename: Jiří
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Mosinger
authors.affiliation: Institute of Inorganic Chemistry of the CAS, v. v. i., Husinec-Řež 1001, 250 68, Řež, Czech Republic. lang@iic.cas.cz.
authors.forename: Kamil
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Lang
authors.affiliation: J. Heyrovský Institute of Physical Chemistry of the CAS, v. v. i., Dolejškova 3, 182 23, Praha 8, Czech Republic. pavel.kubat@jh-inst.cas.cz.
authors.forename: Pavel
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Kubát
mesh_terms: D049329:Nanostructures; D010777:Photochemistry; D013499:Surface Properties
keywords: Antibacterial; Antiviral; Film; Nanofiber; Photofunctional; Photorelease; Photosensitizer; Singlet oxygen