The influence of surface lubricity on the adhesion of Navicula perminuta and Ulva linza to alkanethiol self-assembled monolayers

Journal of the Royal Society Interface

Volumn 4, Issue 14, 2007, Pages 473-477

  Bowen, J ^a   Pettitt, M E ^a   Kendall, K ^a   Leggett, G J ^b   Preece, J A ^a   Callow, M E ^a   Callow, J A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Adhesion; Alkanethiol; Biofouling; Navicula; Self assembled monolayer; Ulva

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIOFOULING; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; DIATOM; HYDRODYNAMICS; MICROALGA; NAVICULA PERMINUTA; NONHUMAN; SHEAR STRESS; ULVA; ULVA LINZA;

NAVICULA; NAVICULA PERMINUTA; ULVA; ULVA LINZA;

EID: 34249799903     PISSN: 17425689     EISSN: 17425662     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rsif.2006.0191     Document Type: Article

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