Attacking bacteria with shark skin-inspired surfaces - American Chemical Society
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Scientists are finding that sharks could inspire a new type of surface that would attack bacteria, helping humans instead of hurting them
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Riblets - an overview
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Pressure-Activatable Liquid Metal Composites Flexible Sensor with Antifouling and Drag Reduction Functional Surface
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A Bifunctional Spray Coating Reduces Contamination on Surfaces by Repelling and Killing Pathogens
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Antimicrobial surfaces: a review of synthetic approaches, applicability and outlook
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Nature‐Inspired Biomimetic Surfaces for Controlling Bacterial Attachment and Biofilm Development - Oopath - 2023 - Advanced Materials Interfaces - Wiley Online Library
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Functional polymer materials for modern marine biofouling control - ScienceDirect
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Biomimetics, Free Full-Text
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Shark Skin Denticles: From Morphological Diversity to Multi‐functional Adaptations and Applications - Ghimire - Advanced Functional Materials - Wiley Online Library
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Sharklet Antibacterial Armour - Sustainable Waste Management
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Decoding the chemistry behind cicada's bacteria-killing wings, Research
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Shark Skin-Inspired Surface Can Attack Bacteria
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Interdisciplinary‐Inspired Smart Antibacterial Materials and Their Biomedical Applications - Wu - Advanced Materials - Wiley Online Library
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Shark skin microbiome resists infection
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Nanomaterials, Free Full-Text
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Comparing shark skin surface and biomimetic models Department of Organismic and Evolutionary Biology