Joint replacement is a major orthopaedic procedure used to treat joint osteoarthritis. Aseptic
loosening and infection are the two most significant causes of prosthetic implant failure. The …

Many surgical procedures require the placement of an inert or tissue-derived implant deep
within the body cavity. While the majority of these implants do not become colonized by …

Plastics are ubiquitous in the oceans and constitute suitable matrices for bacterial
attachment and growth. Understanding biofouling mechanisms is a key issue to assessing …

Attachment tendencies of Escherichia coli K12, Pseudomonas aeruginosa ATCC 9027, and
Staphylococcus aureus CIP 68.5 onto glass surfaces of different degrees of nanometer …

The surface roughness of metallic orthopaedic implants has typically been used to influence
osseointegration and spatially control load transfer to the surrounding bone. Because of the …

Biodegradable plastics appear as one promising means to help solving the increasing issue
of environmental pollution by plastics. The present study aims at comparing the …

Bacterial adhesion to stainless steel 316L (SS316L), which is an alloy typically used in many
medical devices and food processing equipment, can cause serious infections along with …

The adhesion of bacteria to surfaces is an important biological process, but one that has
resisted simple categorization due to the number and complexity of parameters involved …

Bacterial adhesion onto inorganic/nanoengineered surfaces is a key issue in biotechnology
and medicine, because it is one of the first necessary steps to determine a general …

Vine shoots are lignocellulosic agricultural residues. In addition to being an interesting
source of polyphenols, they can be used as fillers in a poly (3-hydroxybutyrate-3 …