Titanium (Ti) suffers from lack of ability to establish strong bonding with the local tissue when
used as implant material. Higher level of bone-implant interactions promotes …

Pathogenic bacterial infection and poor native tissue integration are two major issues
encountered by biomaterial implants and devices, which are extremely hard to overcome …

Nanotopographic surfaces are proven to be successful in killing bacterial cells upon contact.
This non-chemical bactericidal property has paved an alternative way of fighting bacterial …

Inspired by nature, it is envisaged that a nanorough surface exhibits bactericidal properties
by rupturing bacterial cells. In order to study the interaction mechanism between the cell …

Biofilm formation on the surfaces of indwelling medical devices has become a growing
health threat due to the development of antimicrobial resistance to infection-causing …

The emergence and rapid spread of multidrug-resistant bacterial strains is a growing
concern of public health. Inspired by the natural bactericidal surfaces of lotus leaves and …

In the present study, hierarchically architectured micro/nano-scale surface topography
inspired from the leaves of Euphorbia myrsinites was fabricated on Ti-6Al-4V ELI alloy …

Bacterial colonization on solid surfaces creates enormous problems across various
industries causing billions of dollars' worth of economic damages and costing human lives …

The emergence of antimicrobial-resistant bacteria poses a significant health concern,
stemming from chemically induced intrinsic and acquired-resistance responses in the …

ZrN-Cu coatings containing two different amounts of Cu (~ 11 at.% and~ 25 at.%) were
deposited using an industrial physical vapor deposition (PVD) system. The as-deposited …