About the Authors
- Ali Al-Ahmad
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Contributed equally to this work with: Ali Al-Ahmad, Pascal Tomakidi, Thorsten Steinberg, Karen Lienkamp
Affiliation Operative Dentistry and Periodontology, University Medical Center of the Albert-Ludwigs-Universität, Freiburg, Germany
- Dougal Laird
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¶ These authors also contributed equally to this work.
Affiliations Freiburg Institute for Advanced Studies, Albert-Ludwigs-Universität, Freiburg, Germany, Oral Biotechnology, University Medical Center of the Albert-Ludwigs-Universität, Freiburg, Germany
- Peng Zou
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¶ These authors also contributed equally to this work.
Affiliations Freiburg Institute for Advanced Studies, Albert-Ludwigs-Universität, Freiburg, Germany, Department of Microsystems Engineering, Albert-Ludwigs-Universität, Freiburg, Germany
- Pascal Tomakidi
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Contributed equally to this work with: Ali Al-Ahmad, Pascal Tomakidi, Thorsten Steinberg, Karen Lienkamp
Affiliation Oral Biotechnology, University Medical Center of the Albert-Ludwigs-Universität, Freiburg, Germany
- Thorsten Steinberg
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Contributed equally to this work with: Ali Al-Ahmad, Pascal Tomakidi, Thorsten Steinberg, Karen Lienkamp
Affiliation Oral Biotechnology, University Medical Center of the Albert-Ludwigs-Universität, Freiburg, Germany
- Karen Lienkamp
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Contributed equally to this work with: Ali Al-Ahmad, Pascal Tomakidi, Thorsten Steinberg, Karen Lienkamp
* E-mail: lienkamp@imtek.uni-freiburg.de
Affiliations Freiburg Institute for Advanced Studies, Albert-Ludwigs-Universität, Freiburg, Germany, Department of Microsystems Engineering, Albert-Ludwigs-Universität, Freiburg, Germany
Competing Interests
Co-author Ali Al-Ahmad is a PLOS ONE Editorial Board member. This does not alter the authors’ adherence to all the PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials. Co-author Karen Lienkamp is co-inventor of patents on the here-described polymers (Antimicrobial Polymers, WO 2010/144386, EP2440540 A2, US 2012/0195849 A1). This does not alter the authors’ adherence to all the PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.
Author Contributions
Conceived and designed the experiments: AAA PT TS KL. Performed the experiments: DL PZ KL. Analyzed the data: AAA DL PZ PT TS KL. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: AAA PT TS KL. Wrote the paper: AAA DL PZ PT TS KL.