Antimicrobial behavior of polyelectrolyte multilayer films containing cetrimide and silver
Jaime C Grunlan1, John K Choi, Albert Lin
1Department of Mechanical Engineering, Polymer Technology Center (PTC), Texas A&M University, 3123 TAMU, College Station, Texas 77843-3123, USA. jgrunlan@tamu.edu
Biomacromolecules
|March 15, 2005
Abstract
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