Role of the Surface Nanoscale Roughness of Stainless Steel on Bacterial Adhesion and Microcolony Formation

• Songmei Wu,
• Stefanie Altenried,
• Andi Zogg,
• Flavia Zuber,
• Katharina Maniura-Weber,
• Qun Ren

Affiliations

Songmei Wu

School of Science, Beijing Jiaotong University, Beijing, P. R. China

Stefanie Altenried

Laboratory for Biointerfaces, Empa, Swiss Federal Laboratories for Materials Science and Technology, St. Gallen, Switzerland

Andi Zogg

HESS Medizintechnik AG, Bilten, Switzerland

Flavia Zuber

Laboratory for Biointerfaces, Empa, Swiss Federal Laboratories for Materials Science and Technology, St. Gallen, Switzerland

Katharina Maniura-Weber

Laboratory for Biointerfaces, Empa, Swiss Federal Laboratories for Materials Science and Technology, St. Gallen, Switzerland

Qun Ren

Laboratory for Biointerfaces, Empa, Swiss Federal Laboratories for Materials Science and Technology, St. Gallen, Switzerland