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Bacterial Adhesion on Femtosecond Laser-Modified Polyethylene
Karin Schwibbert1, Friederike Menzel2, Nadja Epperlein3
1Bundesanstalt für Materialforschung und -prüfung (BAM), Unter den Eichen 87, D-12205 Berlin, Germany. karin.schwibbert@bam.de.
Materials (Basel, Switzerland)
|September 27, 2019
Abstract:
In this study, femtosecond laser-induced sub-micrometer structures are generated to modify polyethylene (PE) surface topographies. These surfaces were subjected to bacterial colonization studies with Escherichia coli and Staphylococcus aureus as test strains. The results reveal that the nanostructures do not influence S. aureus coverage, while the adhesion of E. coli is reduced.

