Natural Bactericidal Surfaces: Mechanical Rupture of Pseudomonas aeruginosa Cells by Cicada Wings

Elena P. Ivanova; Jafar Hasan; Hayden K. Webb; Vi Khanh Truong; Gregory S. Watson; Jolanta A. Watson; Vladimir A. Baulin; Sergey Pogodin; James Y. Wang; Mark J. Tobin; Christian Löbbe; Russell J. Crawford

doi:10.1002/smll.201200528

Natural Bactericidal Surfaces: Mechanical Rupture of Pseudomonas aeruginosa Cells by Cicada Wings

Elena P. Ivanova, Jafar Hasan, Hayden K. Webb, Vi Khanh Truong, Gregory S. Watson, Jolanta A. Watson, Vladimir A. Baulin, Sergey Pogodin, James Y. Wang, Mark J. Tobin, Christian Löbbe, Russell J. Crawford

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Abstract

Natural superhydrophobic surfaces are often thought to have antibiofouling potential due to their self-cleaning properties. However, when incubated on cicada wings, Pseudomonas aeruginosa cells are not repelled; instead they are penetrated by the nanopillar arrays present on the wing surface, resulting in bacterial cell death. Cicada wings are effective antibacterial, as opposed to antibiofouling, surfaces.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	2489-2494
Number of pages	6
Journal	Small
Volume	8
Issue number	16
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1002/smll.201200528
Publication status	Published - 20 Aug 2012
Externally published	Yes

Keywords

antibiofouling
bactericidal surfaces
insect wings
nanopillars
Pseudomonas aeruginosa

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