Aqueous mechano-bactericidal action of acicular aragonite crystals

Abstract Nanoneedle structures on dragonfly and cicada wing surfaces or black silicon nanoneedles demonstrate antibacterial phenomena, namely mechano-bactericidal action. These air-exposed, mechano-bactericidal surfaces serve to destroy adherent bacteria, but their bactericidal action in the water i...

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Main Authors: Nobuaki Negishi, Tomohiro Inaba, Yukari Miyazaki, Genki Ishii, Yingnan Yang, Setsuko Koura
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Publishing Group 2021-09-01
Series:Scientific Reports
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-021-98797-w