Making silicone rubber highly resistant to bacterial attachment using thiol-ene grafting

Biomedical devices are indispensable in modern medicine yet offer surfaces that promote bacterial attachment and biofilm formation, resulting in acute and chronic healthcare-associated infections. We have developed a simple method to graft acrylates to silicone rubber, polydimethylsiloxane (PDMS), a...

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Main Authors: Magennis, Eugene Peter, Hook, Andrew L., Williams, Paul, Alexander, Morgan R.
Format: Article
Published: American Chemical Society 2016
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Online Access:https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/39951/

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