Inhibiting bacterial adhesion onto surfaces: The non-stick coating approach

International Journal of Adhesion and Adhesives

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 91-96

  Tsibouklis, John ^a   Stone, Maureen ^a   A Thorpe, Adrian ^a   Graham, Paul ^a   Nevell, Thomas G ^a   Ewen, Richard J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PORTSMOUTH   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST OF ENGLAND   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADHESION; BACTERIA; CONTACT ANGLE; FLUORINE CONTAINING POLYMERS; INTERFACIAL ENERGY; POLYACRYLATES; SILICONES; SURFACE ROUGHNESS;

NON-STICK COATINGS; POLYMETHYLPROPENOXYFLUOROALKYLSILOXANE; POLYPERFLUOROACRYLATE;

PLASTIC COATINGS;

EID: 0033887283     PISSN: 01437496     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0143-7496(99)00034-2     Document Type: Article

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