While nature has optimized its antifouling strategies over millions of years, synthetic
antifouling coatings have not yet reached technological maturity. For an antifouling coating …

Background The mucins found as components of mucus gel layers at mucosal surfaces
throughout the body play roles in protection as part of the defensive barrier on an organ and …

Mucoadhesion is the ability of materials to adhere to mucosal membranes in the human
body and provide a temporary retention. This property has been widely used to develop …

Mucins are large glycoproteins that are ubiquitous in the animal kingdom. Mucins coat the
surfaces of many cell types and can be secreted to form mucus gels that assume important …

Nanotechnology has rapidly expanded into all areas of science; it offers significant
alternative ways to solve scientific and medical questions and problems. In dentistry …

Understanding how the body's natural defenses function to protect the oral cavity from the
myriad of bacteria that colonize its surfaces is an ongoing topic of research that can lead to …

Even though medical devices have improved a lot over the past decades, there are still
issues regarding their anti‐biofouling properties and tribological performance, and both …

Lubricin is a glycoprotein found in articular joints which has been recognized as being an
important biological boundary lubricant molecule. Besides providing lubrication, we …

OBJECTIVES: The purposes of this study were to clarify the surface characteristics of various
implant overdenture materials and the capabilities of Candida albicans adherence and …

The present review summarizes recent, and important previous, findings on properties of
mucin layers and multilayers and ways to tailor their properties. Specifically, progress has …