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High-throughput Identification of Bacteria Repellent Polymers for Medical Devices
Published on: November 5, 2016
Bacteria-templated fabrication of a charge heterogeneous polymeric interface for highly specific bacterial
Han Bao1, Bin Yang2, Xingwang Zhang1
1Key Laboratory of Biomass Chemical Engineering of Ministry of Education, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310027, P. R. China. zdlizj@zju.edu.cn and College of Chemical and Biological Engineering, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310027, P. R. China.
Abstract:
Using bacteria-templated polymerization, a novel bacteria-imprinted polymer (BIP) was fabricated for bacterial recognition. Charge distribution on bacterial outer surfaces was encoded into charge heterogeneous polymeric interfaces on BIPs as chemical imprints. Through integrating with a microfluidic chip, the synthesized BIPs exhibited excellent performance for fast bacterial recognition.
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