PREPARATION OF AN INORGANIC SUBSTRATE HAVING ANTIMICROBIAL PROPERTIES

摘要

The invention relates to a method of modifying an inorganic substrate for the purpose of endowing it with antimicrobial properties, the said method consisting in grafting surface of the said substrate, in one or more steps, with groups having inherent antimicrobial properties or with groups which are able to liberate species which have antimicrobial properties. The grafting is effected by way of an organophosphorus coupling agent. The invention likewise provides a substrate obtained by this method, and also provides for various uses of such a substrate.