The Effectiveness of Poly-(4-vinyl-N-hexylpyridiniumbromide) as an Antibacterial Implant Coating: An In Vitro Study

Table 1

Mean measurements of surface roughness estimated by AFM, Random Mean Square (RMS), and Average Deviation (Average Dev); glass coated with nonhexylated polymer (A), glass coated with hexylated polymer (B), glass coated with hexylated polymer and spin coated with amorphous silicon dioxide (C), glass coated with hexylated polymer and spin coated with nanoporous silicon dioxide (D), and untreated glass (E).

		A	B	C	D	E
RMS	[nm]	1.379	6.558	5.078	5.793	1.176
Average Dev	[nm]	0.515	1.233	0.611	4.279	0.906