A nanolayer coating on polydimethylsiloxane surfaces enables a mechanistic study of bacterial adhesion influenced by material surface physicochemistry

Authors: Fei Pan, Stefanie Altenried, Mengdi Liu, Dirk Hegemann, Ezgi Bülbül, Jens Moeller, Wolfgang W. Schmahl, Katharina Maniura-Weber, Qun Ren

Published: 2019-09-02

DOI: 10.1039/c9mh01191a

Source: Full article

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Abstract

A 2 nm PDMS-like film coating allows identification of the influential factors on bacterial adhesion at the initial colonization stage.