Overview
Covers the most recent advances in the field of antibacterial surface design
Written by some of the world’s leading researchers in this field
State-of-the-art information on the latest biomedical antibacterial technology
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Table of contents (8 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Back Matter
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About this book
‘Antibacterial Surfaces’ covers the advances being made in the design of antibacterial surfaces, which have the ability to either prevent the initial attachment of bacterial cells, or kill any cells that come into contact with these surfaces.
This book discusses the mechanisms associated with the attachment of bacteria to surfaces and the main strategies currently being employed to control the initial attachment processes. These strategies are expanded upon in the subsequent chapters, where the definition and description of antibacterial surfaces are clarified, as are the mechanisms that come into play when determining the effectiveness of an antibacterial surface.
Subsequent chapters discuss a number of naturally occurring antibacterial surfaces, the methods currently being used for producing synthetic antibacterial surfaces, and the current and potential applications of such materials.
This book will be of great interest to people who work with materials that need to remain free of bacterial films, from designing safer biomedical implants to the production of self-cleaning materials where the prevention of biofilm formation has significant economic advantages.
Editors and Affiliations
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Antibacterial Surfaces
Editors: Elena Ivanova, Russell Crawford
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-18594-1
Publisher: Springer Cham
eBook Packages: Biomedical and Life Sciences, Biomedical and Life Sciences (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer International Publishing Switzerland 2015
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-319-18593-4Published: 17 November 2015
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-319-36000-3Published: 23 August 2016
eBook ISBN: 978-3-319-18594-1Published: 09 November 2015
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: V, 172
Topics: Biomedicine general, Cell Biology, Protein Science, Biological and Medical Physics, Biophysics