Study of the effect of mechanical stiffness substrata, assembled with polyelectrolyte multilayer thin films, on biofilm forming staphylococcus epidermidis' initial adhesion mechanism

Thesis (S.B.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Materials Science and Engineering, 2008. === Includes bibliographical references (p. 35). === Polyelectrolyte multilayer thin films are polymer films assembled through a layer-by-layer sequential addition of oppositely charged polymers....

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Main Author: Delgadillo, Maricela
Other Authors: Michael F. Rubner.
Format: Others
Language:English
Published: Massachusetts Institute of Technology 2008
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/43212