MIT engineers find that microbe adhesion depends on surface stiffness
Wednesday, May 21, 2008 - 08:21
in Physics & Chemistry
Having found that whether bacteria stick to surfaces depends partly on how stiff those surfaces are, MIT engineers have created ultrathin films made of polymers that could be applied to medical devices and other surfaces to control microbe accumulation...
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