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- Title
Spatial Period of Laser-Induced Surface Nanoripples on PET Determines Escherichia coli Repellence.
- Authors
Richter, Anja M.; Buchberger, Gerda; Stifter, David; Duchoslav, Jiri; Hertwig, Andreas; Bonse, Jörn; Heitz, Johannes; Schwibbert, Karin
- Abstract
Bacterial adhesion and biofilm formation on surfaces are associated with persistent microbial contamination, biofouling, and the emergence of resistance, thus, calling for new strategies to impede bacterial surface colonization. Using ns-UV laser treatment (wavelength 248 nm and a pulse duration of 20 ns), laser-induced periodic surface structures (LIPSS) featuring different sub-micrometric periods ranging from ~210 to ~610 nm were processed on commercial poly(ethylene terephthalate) (PET) foils. Bacterial adhesion tests revealed that these nanorippled surfaces exhibit a repellence for E. coli that decisively depends on the spatial periods of the LIPSS with the strongest reduction (~91%) in cell adhesion observed for LIPSS periods of 214 nm. Although chemical and structural analyses indicated a moderate laser-induced surface oxidation, a significant influence on the bacterial adhesion was ruled out. Scanning electron microscopy and additional biofilm studies using a pili-deficient E. coli TG1 strain revealed the role of extracellular appendages in the bacterial repellence observed here.
- Subjects
BACTERIAL adhesion; ESCHERICHIA coli; CELL adhesion; MICROBIAL contamination; BACTERIAL cell surfaces; FRUIT ripening
- Publication
Nanomaterials (2079-4991), 2021, Vol 11, Issue 11, p3000
- ISSN
2079-4991
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.3390/nano11113000