Biofilm formation is a major concern in various sectors and cause severe problems to public
health, medicine, and industry. Bacterial biofilm formation is a major persistent threat, as it …

Textiles can provide a suitable substrate to grow micro-organisms especially at appropriate
humidity and temperature in contact to human body. Recently, increasing public concern …

Biofilm formation by human bacterial pathogens on implanted medical devices causes major
morbidity and mortality among patients, and leads to billions of dollars in healthcare cost …

Biofilms are matrix‐enclosed microbial aggregates that adhere to a biological or
nonbiological surface. Biofilm formation is a significant problem in the medical, food, and …

In this brief overview of a large and complex subject, as presented at the 2018 Surfactants in
Solution conference, the need for, and impact of, hard surface antimicrobial products is …

Research has clarified the properties required for polymers that resist bacterial colonisation
for use in medical devices. The increase in antibiotic-resistant microorganisms has …

With the rapid spreading of resistance among common bacterial pathogens, bacterial
infections, especially antibiotic‐resistant bacterial infections, have drawn much attention …

OBJECTIVE: Silver compounds have been used for their medical properties for centuries
and in dentistry for more than a century. The aim of this review is to examine the evidence …

A bacterial biofilm is strongly associated with chronic infections and is difficult to be
eradicated, posing serious threats to public health. Development of effective therapeutic …

Despite many synthetic biomaterials having physical properties that are comparable or even
superior to those of natural body tissues, they frequently fail due to the adverse physiological …