Thin PTFE-like membranes allow characterizing germination and mechanical penetration competence of pathogenic fungi

Acta Biomaterialia

Volumn 4, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 1809-1818

  Küster, Stefan ^a   Ludwig, Nancy ^b   Willers, Guido ^a   Hoffmann, Jens ^a   Deising, Holger B ^b   Kiesow, Andreas ^a  

^a FRAUNHOFER INSTITUTE FOR MECHANICS OF MATERIALS IWM   (Germany)

^b MARTIN LUTHER UNIVERSITY HALLE WITTENBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Artificial membranes; Fungal penetration; Pathogenic fungi; Polymer thin films; PTFE magnetron sputtering

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL STABILITY; CULTIVATION; DETERIORATION; HYDROPHOBICITY; MEMBRANES; POLYMER FILMS; POLYTETRAFLUOROETHYLENES; SURFACE ROUGHNESS;

ARTIFICIAL MEMBRANES; FUNGAL PENETRATION; MAGNETRON-SPUTTERING; MECHANICAL; MICRO-STRUCTURAL PROPERTIES; MORPHOLOGICAL PROPERTIES; PATHOGENIC FUNGI; PENETRATION BEHAVIOR; POLYMER THIN FILMS; PTFE-MAGNETRA SPUTTERING;

FUNGI;

POLITEF;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FUNGAL VIRULENCE; FUNGUS; GERMINATION; HYDROPHOBICITY; MEMBRANE MODEL; MEMBRANE STRUCTURE; MEMBRANE TRANSPORT; MICROBIAL KINETICS; NONHUMAN; PLANT FUNGUS INTERACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURFACE PROPERTY; THICKNESS;

FUNGI;

EID: 53849126823     PISSN: 17427061     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.actbio.2008.05.011     Document Type: Article

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