Quantitative Characterization of the Influence of the Nanoscale Morphology of Nanostructured Surfaces on Bacterial Adhesion and Biofilm Formation

Ajay Vikram Singh; Varun Vyas; Rajendra Patil; Vimal Sharma; Pasquale Emanuele Scopelliti; Gero Bongiorno; Alessandro Podestà; Cristina Lenardi; Wasudev Namdev Gade; Paolo Milani

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0025029

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Quantitative Characterization of the Influence of the Nanoscale Morphology of Nanostructured Surfaces on Bacterial Adhesion and Biofilm Formation

Ajay Vikram Singh,

Affiliations European School of Molecular Medicine (SEMM), IFOM-IEO, Milan, Italy, Interdisciplinary Centre for Nanostructured Materials and Interfaces (CIMAINA), Department of Physics, Università degli Studi di Milano, Milano, Italy
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Varun Vyas,

Affiliations European School of Molecular Medicine (SEMM), IFOM-IEO, Milan, Italy, Interdisciplinary Centre for Nanostructured Materials and Interfaces (CIMAINA), Department of Physics, Università degli Studi di Milano, Milano, Italy
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Rajendra Patil,

Affiliation Department of Biotechnology, University of Pune, Ganesh Khind, Pune, India
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Vimal Sharma,

Affiliations European School of Molecular Medicine (SEMM), IFOM-IEO, Milan, Italy, Fondazione Filarete, Milano, Italy
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Pasquale Emanuele Scopelliti,

Affiliations Interdisciplinary Centre for Nanostructured Materials and Interfaces (CIMAINA), Department of Physics, Università degli Studi di Milano, Milano, Italy, Fondazione Filarete, Milano, Italy
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Gero Bongiorno,

Affiliation Fondazione Filarete, Milano, Italy
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Alessandro Podestà,

Affiliation Interdisciplinary Centre for Nanostructured Materials and Interfaces (CIMAINA), Department of Physics, Università degli Studi di Milano, Milano, Italy
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Cristina Lenardi,

Affiliations Interdisciplinary Centre for Nanostructured Materials and Interfaces (CIMAINA), Department of Physics, Università degli Studi di Milano, Milano, Italy, Fondazione Filarete, Milano, Italy
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Wasudev Namdev Gade ,

* E-mail: pmilani@mi.infn.it (PM); wngade@unipune.ernet.in (WNG)

Affiliation Department of Biotechnology, University of Pune, Ganesh Khind, Pune, India
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Paolo Milani

* E-mail: pmilani@mi.infn.it (PM); wngade@unipune.ernet.in (WNG)

Affiliations Interdisciplinary Centre for Nanostructured Materials and Interfaces (CIMAINA), Department of Physics, Università degli Studi di Milano, Milano, Italy, Fondazione Filarete, Milano, Italy
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Quantitative Characterization of the Influence of the Nanoscale Morphology of Nanostructured Surfaces on Bacterial Adhesion and Biofilm Formation

Ajay Vikram Singh,
Varun Vyas,
Rajendra Patil,
Vimal Sharma,
Pasquale Emanuele Scopelliti,
Gero Bongiorno,
Alessandro Podestà,
Cristina Lenardi,
Wasudev Namdev Gade,
Paolo Milani

Published: September 26, 2011
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0025029

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