Hook Andrew L, Chang Chien-Yi, Scurr David J, Langer Robert, Anderson Daniel G, Williams Paul, Davies Martyn C, Alexander Morgan R
Laboratory of Biophysics and Surface Analysis, School of Pharmacy, University of Nottingham, Nottingham, NG72RD, UK.
Adv Healthc Mater. 2014 Jul;3(7):1020-5. doi: 10.1002/adhm.201300518. Epub 2014 Feb 4.
The thermally triggered release of up to 96% of attached uropathogenic E. coli is achieved on two polymers with opposite changes in surface wettability upon reduction in temperature. This demonstrates that the bacterial attachment to a surface cannot be explained in terms of water contact angle alone; rather, the surface composition of the polymer plays the key role.
在两种聚合物上,温度降低时表面润湿性发生相反变化,可实现高达96%的附着尿路致病性大肠杆菌的热触发释放。这表明细菌在表面的附着不能仅用水接触角来解释;相反,聚合物的表面组成起着关键作用。