Development of a Bacteriophage Complex with Superhydrophilic and Superhydrophobic Nanotextured Surfaces of Metals

V V Kaminskii1, A V Aleshkin2, E R Zul'karneev1

  • 1G. N. Gabrichevsky Moscow Research Institute of Epidemiology and Microbiology, Federal Service for Surveillance on Consumer Rights Protection and Human Wellbeing, Moscow, Russia.

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