This work aimed to elaborate antibacterial PVC surfaces. Two kinds of surface were prepared, i.e. non leaching bactericidal surfaces killing bacteria by contact and antiadhesive (bacteriarepellent) surfaces preventing or limiting bacteria attachment. Thus, copolymers bearing cationic bactericidal groups as well as copolymers bearing polysaccharide or PEG antiadhesive structures were synthesized and characterized. These polymers were then successfully grafted by click chemistry onto PVC surfaces bearing azide groups (PVC-N3).The physico-chemical properties of the obtained surfaces were assessed by several techniques(FTIR, XPS, contact angle measurements, AFM, confocal fluorescence microscopy, TGA and DSC). The bactericidal and antiadhesive properties were assessed against Escherichia coli and Staphylococcus epidermidis. The fluorescence microscopy evidenced the high bactericidal effect of the cationic surfaces, using the Live and Dead test. This microscopytechnique has also shown high bacteria repellent effect of the surfaces based on methyl cellulose, hydroxyethyl cellulose and PEG, i.e. decrease of bacteria attachment by more than 10⁴ fold compared to the ungrafted surface.
