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Bacteria repelling poly(methylmethacrylate-<i>co</i>-dimethylacrylamide) coatings for biomedical devices

Seshasailam Venkateswaran, Mei Wu, Peter Gwynne, A.M. Hardman, Annamaria Lilienkampf, Salvatore Pernagallo, Garry Blakely, David Swann, Maurice P. Gallagher, Mark Bradley

Journal of Materials Chemistry B · 2014 · 28 citations · 27 references

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A polymer microarray screen identified poly(methylmethacrylate-<italic>co</italic>-dimethylacrylamide) as a bacteria repelling surface, which substantially reduced binding of bacteria on coated catheters.

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