Bacterial adhesion to toroidal nano-structures from poly(styrene)-block-poly(tert-butyl acrylate) diblock copolymer thin films

Microelectronic Engineering

Volumn 87, Issue 5-8, 2010, Pages 715-718

  Li, Shuyan ^a   Komaromy, Andras Z ^a   Nicolau, Dan V ^a,b   Boysen, Reinhard I ^a   Hearn, Milton T W ^a  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bacterial adhesion; Cell viability; Diblock copolymer; Self assembly; Staphylococcus aureus; Thin film; Toroids

Indexed keywords

AFM; BACTERIAL ADHESION; CELL VIABILITY; COMBINED EFFECT; DEAD CELLS; DIBLOCK COPOLYMER; DIBLOCK COPOLYMER THIN FILMS; NANOSTRUCTURED THIN FILM; POLY(TERT-BUTYL ACRYLATE); POLYMERIC MATERIAL; POLYMERIC SURFACES; S. AUREUS; SINGLE CELLS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; SURFACE HYDROPHILICITY; SYNTHETIC ROUTES; THIN-FILM STRUCTURE; UV IRRADIATION;

ADHESION; ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; BACTERIOLOGY; BLOCK COPOLYMERS; COPOLYMERIZATION; DEPOSITION; FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; NANOSTRUCTURES; ORGANIC POLYMERS; POLYSTYRENES; SELF ASSEMBLY; STYRENE; SURFACE TOPOGRAPHY; SURFACES; THIN FILM DEVICES; THIN FILMS;

CELLS;

EID: 76949105330     PISSN: 01679317     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mee.2009.12.042     Document Type: Article

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