Control of bacterial biofilm growth on surfaces by nanostructural mechanics and geometry

Nanotechnology

Volumn 22, Issue 49, 2011, Pages

  Epstein, A K ^a,b   Hochbaum, A I ^a,c   Kim, Philseok ^a,b   Aizenberg, J ^a,b,c  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL BIOFILM; BIOFILM GROWTH; COMBINATORIAL APPROACH; CROSSOVER REGIME; EFFECTIVE STIFFNESS; FLAT SURFACES; FUNCTIONAL PARAMETERS; HIGH ASPECT RATIO; LENGTH SCALE; NANOARRAYS; NANOSTRUCTURAL; NANOSTRUCTURED SURFACE; PATHOGENIC SPECIES; PHYSICAL SURFACE PROPERTIES; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; ROD-SHAPED; SPATIAL PATTERNING; SURFACE NANOSTRUCTURE;

ADHESION; ASPECT RATIO; BACTERIA; NANOSTRUCTURES; STIFFNESS; SURFACE CHEMISTRY; SURFACE PROPERTIES;

BIOFILMS;

NANOMATERIAL; POLYMER;

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM ADHERENCE; BIOFILM; CHEMISTRY; CYTOLOGY; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; PHYSIOLOGY; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; SURFACE PROPERTY; YOUNG MODULUS;

BACTERIAL ADHESION; BIOFILMS; ELASTIC MODULUS; NANOSTRUCTURES; POLYMERS; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; SURFACE PROPERTIES;

EID: 81855217997     PISSN: 09574484     EISSN: 13616528     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0957-4484/22/49/494007     Document Type: Article

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