Influence of Surface Roughness, Nanostructure, and Wetting on Bacterial Adhesion.

ABSTRACT: Bacterial fouling is a persistent problem causing the deterioration and failure of functional surfaces for industrial equipment/components; numerous human, animal, and plant infections/diseases; and energy waste due to the inefficiencies at internal and external geometries of transport systems. This work gains new insights into the effect of surface roughness on bacterial fouling by systematically studying bacterial adhesion on model hydrophobic (methyl-terminated) surfaces with roughness scales spanning from ∼2 nm to ∼390 nm. Additionally, a surface energy integration framework is developed to elucidate the role of surface roughness on the energetics of bacteria and substrate interactions. For a given bacteria type and surface chemistry; the extent of bacterial fouling was found to demons

SUBMITTER: Mu M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10848269 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature