The promotion of antimicrobial activity on silicon substrates using a “click” immobilized short peptide

We demonstrated, for the first time, that the short antimicrobial peptide Tet213 could be conjugated onto the silicon surface by Cu(I)-catalyzed azide-alkyne cycloaddition (CuAAC). The modified surface exhibited excellent antimicrobial activity against S. aureus and E. coli, and low cytotoxicity to rat bone mesenchymal stem cells (rBMSCs).