An electrically reversible switchable surface to control and study early bacterial adhesion dynamics in real-time.

ABSTRACT: Bacterial adhesion can be controlled by applying electrical potentials to surfaces incorporating well-spaced negatively charged 11-mercaptoundecanoic acids. When combined with electrochemical surface plasmon resonance, these dynamic surfaces become powerful for monitoring and analysing the passage between reversible and non-reversible cell adhesion, opening new opportunities to advance our understanding of cell adhesion processes.

SUBMITTER: Pranzetti A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4694589 | biostudies-literature | 2013 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature