Thermally switchable polymers achieve controlled Escherichia coli detachment
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Hook, A.L.Chang, Chien-Yi
Scurr, D.J.
Langer, R.
Anderson, D.G.
Williams, P.
Davies, M.C.
Alexander, M.R.
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© 2014 The Authors. Published by WILEY-VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA, Weinheim. This is an open access article under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits use, distribution and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.Peer-Reviewed
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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.Version
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Hook AL, Chang C, Scurr DJ et al (2014) Thermally switchable polymers achieve controlled Escherichia coli detachment. Advanced Healthcare Materials. 3(7): 1020-1025.Link to Version of Record
https://doi.org/10.1002/adhm.201300518Type
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https://doi.org/10.1002/adhm.201300518