Issue 21, 2017

Superwetting comonomers reduce adhesion of E. coli BL21

Abstract

The adhesion of Escherichia coli to copolymers of methacrylates and a trisiloxane-polyether acrylate surfactant was found to be at a minimum with copolymers containing a low (20%) fraction of the surfactant monomer. Rather than wettability, hardness, or water uptake, adhesion was found to be limited by the presence of low concentrations of bound surfactant that can interact with hydrophobic domains on the bacterium inhibiting anchoring to the polymer surface.

Graphical abstract: Superwetting comonomers reduce adhesion of E. coli BL21

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Article information

Article type
Communication
Submitted
15 Dec 2016
Accepted
22 Feb 2017
First published
22 Feb 2017

Chem. Commun., 2017,53, 3050-3053

Superwetting comonomers reduce adhesion of E. coli BL21

M. F. Khan, N. Luong, J. Kurian and M. A. Brook, Chem. Commun., 2017, 53, 3050 DOI: 10.1039/C6CC09984J

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