Natural bactericidal surfaces: mechanical rupture of Pseudomonas aeruginosa cells by cicada wings
Ivanova, Elena P., Hasan, Jafar, Webb, Hayden K., Truong, Vi Khanh, Watson, Gregory S., Watson, Jolanta A., Baulin, Vladimir A., Pogodin, Sergey, Wang, James Y., Tobin, Mark J., Löbbe, Christian, and Crawford, Russell J. (2012) Natural bactericidal surfaces: mechanical rupture of Pseudomonas aeruginosa cells by cicada wings. Small, 8 (16). pp. 2489-2494.
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Abstract
Natural superhydrophobic surfaces are often thought to have antibiofouling potential due to their self-cleaning properties. However, when incubated on cicada wings, Pseudomonas aeruginosa cells are not repelled; instead they are penetrated by the nanopillar arrays present on the wing surface, resulting in bacterial cell death. Cicada wings are effective antibacterial, as opposed to antibiofouling, surfaces.
| Item ID: | 23556 |
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| Item Type: | Article (Research - C1) |
| ISSN: | 1613-6829 |
| Keywords: | insect wings; nanopillars; bactericidal surfaces; antibiofouling; Pseudomonas aeruginosa |
| Funders: | Advanced Manufacturing Co-operative Research Centre (AMCRC) |
| Date Deposited: | 03 Oct 2012 05:31 |
| FoR Codes: | 06 BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES > 0699 Other Biological Sciences > 069999 Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified @ 100% |
| SEO Codes: | 97 EXPANDING KNOWLEDGE > 970106 Expanding Knowledge in the Biological Sciences @ 100% |
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