What affects the biocompatibility of polymers?

M Jurak, AE Wiącek, A Ładniak, K Przykaza… - Advances in Colloid and …, 2021‏ - Elsevier
In recent decades synthetic polymers have gained increasing popularity, and nowadays
they are an integral part of people's daily lives. In addition, owing to their competitive …

[HTML][HTML] Physico-chemistry from initial bacterial adhesion to surface-programmed biofilm growth

V Carniello, BW Peterson, HC van der Mei… - Advances in colloid and …, 2018‏ - Elsevier
Biofilm formation is initiated by adhesion of individual bacteria to a surface. However,
surface adhesion alone is not sufficient to form the complex community architecture of a …

Remote control over underwater dynamic attachment/detachment and locomotion

Y Ma, S Ma, Y Wu, X Pei, SN Gorb, Z Wang… - Advanced …, 2018‏ - Wiley Online Library
Despite extensive efforts to mimic the fascinating adhesion capability of geckos, the
development of reversible adhesives underwater has long been lagging. The appearance of …

Effects of surface wettability and contact time on protein adhesion to biomaterial surfaces

LC Xu, CA Siedlecki - Biomaterials, 2007‏ - Elsevier
Atomic force microscopy (AFM) was used to directly measure the adhesion forces between
three test proteins and low density polyethylene (LDPE) surfaces treated by glow discharge …

Strong adhesion and cohesion of chitosan in aqueous solutions

DW Lee, C Lim, JN Israelachvili, DS Hwang - Langmuir, 2013‏ - ACS Publications
Chitosan, a load-bearing biomacromolecule found in the exoskeletons of crustaceans and
insects, is a promising biopolymer for the replacement of synthetic plastic compounds. Here …

Protein (BSA) fouling of reverse osmosis membranes: implications for wastewater reclamation

WS Ang, M Elimelech - Journal of Membrane Science, 2007‏ - Elsevier
Effluent organic matter (EfOM) has been known to contribute significantly to organic fouling
of reverse osmosis (RO) membranes in advanced wastewater reclamation. In this study, the …

ATR-FTIR spectroscopy reveals bond formation during bacterial adhesion to iron oxide

SJ Parikh, J Chorover - Langmuir, 2006‏ - ACS Publications
The contribution of various bacterial surface functional groups to adhesion at hematite and
ZnSe surfaces was examined using attenuated total reflectance (ATR) Fourier transform …

Forces involved in bacterial adhesion to hydrophilic and hydrophobic surfaces

NP Boks, W Norde, HC van der Mei… - …, 2008‏ - microbiologyresearch.org
Using a parallel-plate flow chamber, the hydrodynamic shear forces to prevent bacterial
adhesion (Fprev) and to detach adhering bacteria (Fdet) were evaluated for hydrophilic …

Site-selective binding and dual mode recognition of serum albumin by a squaraine dye

VS Jisha, KT Arun, M Hariharan… - Journal of the American …, 2006‏ - ACS Publications
With the objective of develo** small molecule based probes for proteins, interactions of
polyhydroxyl-substituted squaraine dye (SQ) with bovine serum albumin (BSA) have been …

[HTML][HTML] Effect of the interplay between protein and surface on the properties of adsorbed protein layers

MM Ouberai, K Xu, ME Welland - Biomaterials, 2014‏ - Elsevier
Although protein adsorption to surface is a common phenomenon, investigation of the
process is challenging due to the complexity of the interplay between external factors …