Changes of biofilm structures on polymer substrates caused by laser beams

Vacuum

Volumn 66, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 179-188

  Richter, Asta ^a   Mahmoud, Safwat A ^b   Ries, Ronald ^a  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCES WILDAU   (Germany)

^b MINIA UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

Author keywords

Biofilms; Laser damage; Laser irradiation; Nano scratch; Scanning force microscopy

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA; LASER ABLATION; LASER BEAM CUTTING; LASER DAMAGE; LASER PULSES; POLYETHER ETHER KETONES; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SUBSTRATES; SURFACE STRUCTURE;

SCANNING FORCE MICROSCOPY;

BIOFILMS;

EID: 0036644698     PISSN: 0042207X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0042-207X(02)00110-0     Document Type: Article

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