Bacteria repellent protein hydrogel decorated with tunable, isotropic, nano-on-micro hierarchical microbump array Journal Articles

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abstract

Antifouling hierarchical microbumps on BSA hydrogels are fabricated by inducing homogeneous nanogels inside the microbumps. The resulted hierarchical surface shows bacterial repellency 100 times stronger than a flat or reverse-microbump surface.

authors

Tian, Lei
He, Leon
Jackson, Kyle
Mahabir, Randi
Hosseinidoust, Zeinab

publication date

October 19, 2021

has subject area

03 Chemical Sciences (FoR)
Animals (MeSH)
Bacterial Adhesion (MeSH)
Cattle (MeSH)
Hydrogels (MeSH)
Hydrophobic and Hydrophilic Interactions (MeSH)
Membranes, Artificial (MeSH)
Nanostructures (MeSH)
Organic Chemistry (Science Metrix)
Polystyrenes (MeSH)
Serum Albumin, Bovine (MeSH)
Staphylococcus aureus (MeSH)
Wettability (MeSH)

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Chemical Communications Journal