Preventing bacterial adhesion onto surfaces: the low-surface-energy approach

J Tsibouklis; M Stone; A A Thorpe; P Graham; V Peters; R Heerlien; J R Smith; K L Green; T G Nevell

doi:10.1016/s0142-9612(99)00023-x

Preventing bacterial adhesion onto surfaces: the low-surface-energy approach

Biomaterials. 1999 Jul;20(13):1229-35. doi: 10.1016/s0142-9612(99)00023-x.

Authors

J Tsibouklis¹, M Stone, A A Thorpe, P Graham, V Peters, R Heerlien, J R Smith, K L Green, T G Nevell

Affiliation

¹ Drug Delivery Research Group, School of Pharmacy and Biomedical Sciences, University of Portsmouth, UK.

PMID: 10395392
DOI: 10.1016/s0142-9612(99)00023-x

Abstract

Good-quality coatings prepared from poly(methylpropenoxyfluoroalkylsiloxane)s or poly(perfluoroacrylate)s are capable of inhibiting the bacterial colonisation of surfaces.

Publication types

Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

Acrylates*
Animals
Bacillus megaterium / physiology
Bacterial Adhesion*
Biocompatible Materials*
Microscopy, Electron, Scanning
Polyethylenes
Polytetrafluoroethylene
Prostheses and Implants*
Pseudomonas / physiology
Rats
Siloxanes*
Staphylococcus aureus / physiology
Surface Properties
Thermodynamics
Wound Healing

Substances

Acrylates
Biocompatible Materials
Polyethylenes
Siloxanes
Polytetrafluoroethylene