Journal
ACS APPLIED MATERIALS & INTERFACES
Volume 5, Issue 22, Pages 11900-11905Publisher
AMER CHEMICAL SOC
DOI: 10.1021/am4035762
Keywords
breath figures; self-organization; antibacterial; microtopography; surface structure; biofilms
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As colonizers of medical-device surfaces, Pseudomonas aeruginosa strains present a serious source of infection and are of major concern. In this study, we fabricated films with porous surfaces by breath figures that disturb mergence by bacterial attachment, thereby impeding biofilm development. Previous studies have shown that microtopography prevents the development of P. aeruginosa biofilms. Accordingly we indented surfaces with patterns of micrometer-sized pores using breath figures at ordinary temperatures and pressures. The antimicrobial effect of surface figures was experimentally investigated by controlling the surface structure. The results suggested that pores of 5-11 mu m biofilm development is precluded by the decreased contact area in diameter effectively inhibit bacterial activity. It appears that between the films and bacteria.
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