Over the last few decades there has been a huge interest in nanostructured functional
materials and assembly techniques for preparing functional molecular assemblies with …

Hydrogels, consisting of hydrophilic polymers, can be used as films, scaffolds, nanoparticles
and drug carriers. They are one of the hot research topics in material science and tissue …

The design of advanced functional materials with nanometer‐and micrometer‐scale control
over their properties is of considerable interest for both fundamental and applied studies …

The adhesion and proliferation of bacteria on abiotic surfaces pose challenges related to
human infection, including subsequent formation of antibiotic-resistant biofilms in both …

Controlling the bulk and surface properties of materials is a real challenge for bioengineers
working in the fields of biomaterials, tissue engineering and biophysics. The layer-by-layer …

Polymers have gained a remarkable place in the biomedical field as materials for the
fabrication of various devices and for tissue engineering applications. The initial acceptance …

The deposition of surface coatings using a step‐by‐step approach from mutually interacting
species allows the fabrication of so called “multilayered films”. These coatings are very …

In this study, Escherichia coli RP437 and Pseudomonas aeruginosa PAO1 were used as
model strains to investigate the early stage biofilm formation on poly (dimethylsiloxane) …

In recent years, the layer-by-layer technique has grown in various fields. One of the
emerging trends of bio-applications is the use of polysaccharides as main film components …

Surface modification of biomaterials is a well‐known approach to enable an adequate
biointerface between the implant and the surrounding tissue, dictating the initial acceptance …