Antibacterial Strategies from the Sea: Polymer‐Bound Cl‐Catechols for Prevention of Biofilm Formation. (9th November 2012)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: García‐Fernández, Luis; Cui, Jiaxi; Serrano, Cristina; Shafiq, Zahid; Gropeanu, Radu A.; Miguel, Verónica San; Ramos, Jagoba Iturri; Wang, Miao; Auernhammer, Gunther K.; Ritz, Sandra; Golriz, Ali A.; Berger, Rüdiger; Wagner, Manfred; del Campo, Aránzazu
• Is Part Of: Advanced materials. Volume 25:Number 4(2013)
• Page Start: 529
• Page End: 533
• Publication Date: 2012-11-09
• Subjects: Materials -- Periodicals; Chemical vapor deposition -- Periodicals; 620.11
• DOI: 10.1002/adma.201203362
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0935-9648

Abstract

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