The paper uses inverted glancing angle deposition (I-GLAD) for creating antibacterial surfaces. Antibacterial surfaces are found in nature, such as on insect wings, eyes, and plant leaves. Since the bactericidal mechanism is purely physical for these surfaces, the antimicrobial resistance of bacteria to traditional chemical antibiotics can be overcome. The technical problem is how to mimic, synthesize, and scale up the naturally occurring antibacterial surfaces for practical applications, given the fact that most of those surfaces are composed of three-dimensional hierarchical micro-nano structures. This paper proposes to use I-GLAD as a novel bottom-up nanofabrication technique to scale up bio-inspired nano-structured antibacterial surfaces. Our innovative I-GLAD nanofabrication technique includes traditional GLAD deposition processes alongside the crucial inverting process. Following fabrication, we explore the antibacterial efficacy of I-GLAD surfaces using two types of bacteria:
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- Award ID(s):
- 1849213
- NSF-PAR ID:
- 10410856
- Date Published:
- Journal Name:
- Scientific Reports
- Volume:
- 13
- Issue:
- 1
- ISSN:
- 2045-2322
- Format(s):
- Medium: X
- Sponsoring Org:
- National Science Foundation
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