Thermally Switchable Polymers Achieve Controlled Escherichia coli Detachment

Andrew L. Hook; Chien-Yi Chang; David J. Scurr; Robert Langer; Daniel G. Anderson; Paul Williams; Martyn C. Davies; Morgan R. Alexander

doi:10.1002/adhm.201300518

Thermally Switchable Polymers Achieve Controlled Escherichia coli Detachment

Andrew L. Hook, Chien-Yi Chang, David J. Scurr, Robert Langer, Daniel G. Anderson, Paul Williams, Martyn C. Davies, Morgan R. Alexander^*

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Abstract

The thermally triggered release of up to 96% of attached uropathogenic E. coli is achieved on two polymers with opposite changes in surface wettability upon reduction in temperature. This demonstrates that the bacterial attachment to a surface cannot be explained in terms of water contact angle alone rather, the surface composition of the polymer plays the key role.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	1020-1025
Number of pages	6
Journal	Advanced Healthcare Materials
Volume	3
Issue number	7
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1002/adhm.201300518
Publication status	Published - Jul 2014

Keywords

Escherichia coli
Switchable polymers
Thermal responsiveness
ToF-SIMS

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Biomedical Engineering
Biomaterials
Pharmaceutical Science

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