The settlement and colonization of marine organisms on submerged man-made surfaces is
a major economic problem for many marine industries. The most apparent detrimental …

Abstracts Self-assembled monolayers (SAMs) provide a convenient, flexible and simple
system to tailor the interfacial properties of metals, metal oxides and semiconductors …

The influence of the number of repeating units in self-assembled monolayers (SAMs) of
ethylene glycol and of their end-group termination on the settlement and adhesion of two …

Water at interfaces plays essential roles in many natural phenomena and engineering
applications. However, the molecular behavior of interfacial water is still a matter of intense …

Surface patterning has become an important discipline of biologically oriented surface
science over the past decades. Many methods have been developed that allow the …

Protein adsorption at the solid-liquid interface is an important phenomenon that often can be
observed as a first step in biological processes. Despite its inherent importance, still …

One aspiration for the formulation of human monoclonal antibodies (mAb) is to reach high
solution concentrations without compromising stability. Protein surface activity leading to …

The adhesion strength of cells depends on the properties of the surface they attach to.
Varying the surface properties can trigger different cellular responses such as differentiation …

We have employed in situ X-ray reflectivity (IXRR) to study the adsorption of a variety of
proteins (lysozyme, cytochrome c, myoglobin, hemoglobin, serum albumin, and …

The immobilization of thiol-terminated poly [(methacrylic acid)-ran-(2-methacryloyloxyethyl
phosphorylcholine)](PMAMPC-SH) brushes on gold-coated surface plasmon resonance …