Issue 83, 2021

Bacteria repellent protein hydrogel decorated with tunable, isotropic, nano-on-micro hierarchical microbump array

Abstract

We report the development of ordered shape-controllable microbump structures on protein hydrogels using polystyrene honeycomb templates. Addition of protein nanogels results in the formation of hierarchical nano-on-micro structures and increases surface hydrophilicity by over 55%, exhibiting bacteria repellency 100 times stronger than a flat hydrogel surface composed of the same protein.

Graphical abstract: Bacteria repellent protein hydrogel decorated with tunable, isotropic, nano-on-micro hierarchical microbump array

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Article information

Article type
Communication
Submitted
15 Jul 2021
Accepted
16 Aga 2021
First published
04 Okt 2021

Chem. Commun., 2021,57, 10883-10886

Bacteria repellent protein hydrogel decorated with tunable, isotropic, nano-on-micro hierarchical microbump array

L. Tian, L. He, K. Jackson, R. Mahabir and Z. Hosseinidoust, Chem. Commun., 2021, 57, 10883 DOI: 10.1039/D1CC03741B

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