A gecko skin micro/nano structure - A low adhesion, superhydrophobic, anti-wetting, self-cleaning, biocompatible, antibacterial surface

Acta Biomaterialia

Volumn 21, Issue , 2015, Pages 109-122

  Watson, Gregory S ^a   Green, David W ^b   Schwarzkopf, Lin ^c   Li, Xin ^b   Cribb, Bronwen W ^d   Myhra, Sverre ^e   Watson, Jolanta A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE SUNSHINE COAST   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^c JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^e UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Adhesion; Anti wetting; Antibacterial; Biocompatible; Gecko

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA; BIOCOMPATIBILITY; CLEANING; DROPS; HYDROPHOBICITY; NANOSTRUCTURES; STEM CELLS; WETTING;

ANTI-WETTING; ANTIBACTERIAL SURFACES; ANTIBACTERIALS; GECKO; INTERFACIAL PROPERTY; LOW ADHESION; MICRONANOSTRUCTURE; NANOMETRES; PROPERTY; SELF CLEANING;

ADHESION;

ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; NANOMATERIAL; WETTING AGENT; BIOMATERIAL;

ADHESION; ADULT; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; AQUEOUS SOLUTION; ARTICLE; BIOCOMPATIBILITY; CELL VIABILITY; CONTACT ANGLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EUKARYOTIC CELL; GRAVITY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HYDROPHOBICITY; NONHUMAN; PORPHYROMONAS GINGIVALIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN SURFACE; SURFACE PROPERTY; SURFACE TENSION; TOPOGRAPHY; VELOCITY; ANIMAL; CHEMICAL PHENOMENA; CHEMISTRY; LIZARD; WETTABILITY;

EUKARYOTA; GEKKONIDAE; NEGIBACTERIA; PORPHYROMONAS GINGIVALIS; SQUAMATA;

ANIMALS; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BIOCOMPATIBLE MATERIALS; HYDROPHOBIC AND HYDROPHILIC INTERACTIONS; LIZARDS; SURFACE PROPERTIES; WETTABILITY;

EID: 84929958973     PISSN: 17427061     EISSN: 18787568     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.actbio.2015.03.007     Document Type: Article

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