Thermally switchable polymers achieve controlled Escherichia coli detachment.
basic_science · Level V
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- Also identified by DOI 10.1002/adhm.201300518 and PMC identifier 4107026.
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Abstract
The thermally triggered release of up to 96% of attached uropathogenic E. coli is achieved on two polymers with opposite changes in surface wettability upon reduction in temperature. This demonstrates that the bacterial attachment to a surface cannot be explained in terms of water contact angle alone; rather, the surface composition of the polymer plays the key role.
Medical subject headings
- Bacterial Adhesion
- Escherichia coli
- Polymers