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Effect of surfactant on Pseudomonas aeruginosa colonization of polymer microparticles and flat films

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dc.contributor Haas, Simon
dc.contributor Parry, Luke
dc.contributor Romero, Manuel
dc.contributor Williams, Paul
dc.contributor Wildman, Ricky
dc.creator Hüsler, Amanda
dc.creator Alexander, Morgan
dc.date 2018-05-09T14:44:50Z
dc.date 2018-05-09T14:44:50Z
dc.date 2018-05-09
dc.date 01/2015 – 01/2017
dc.identifier https://rdmc.nottingham.ac.uk/handle/internal/356
dc.identifier http://doi.org/10.17639/nott.352
dc.description Data relating to the paper: "Effect of surfactant on Pseudomonas aeruginosa colonization of polymer microparticles and flat films." Micro- and nanoparticles are of great interest because of their potential for trafficking into the body for applications such as low-fouling coatings on medical devices, drug delivery in pharmaceutics and cell carriers in regenerative medicine strategies. Particle production often relies on the use of surfactants to promote stable droplet formation. However, the presence of residual surfactant has been shown to complicate the surface chemistry and resultant properties. When forming particles from polymerizable monomer droplets, these polymeric surfactant chains can become physically entangled in the particle surface. Due to the key role of the outermost layers of the surface in biomaterial interactions, the surface chemistry and its influence on cells needs to be characterized. This is the first study to assess surfactant retention on microfluidic produced particles and its effect on bacterial attachment; surfactant contaminated microparticles are compared with flat films which are surfactant-free. Polymeric microparticles with an average diameter of 76 ± 1.7 μm were produced by using a T-junction microfluidic system to form monomer droplets which were subsequently photopolymerized. Acrylate based monomer solutions were found to require 2 wt% PVA to stabilize droplet formation. ToF-SIMS was employed to assess the surface chemistry revealing the presence of PVA in a discontinuous layer on the surface of microparticles which was reduced but not removed by solvent washing. The effect of PVA on bacterial (Pseudomonas aeruginosa) attachment was quantified and showed reduction as a function of the amount of PVA retained at the surface. The insights gained in this study help define the structure–function relationships of the particulate biomaterial architecture, supporting materials design with biofilm control.
dc.language en
dc.publisher The University of Nottingham
dc.relation 10.1039/C8RA01491D
dc.source DOI: 10.1038/nbt.2316 ; DOI: 10.1002/adma.201204936
dc.subject Particles
dc.subject Microfluidics
dc.subject Biomedical materials
dc.subject Photopolymerization
dc.subject Surface active agents
dc.subject Pseudomonas aeruginosa
dc.subject Microparticles, Microfluidics, Biomaterials, Photopolymerisation, Surfactant, Pseudomonas aeruginosa
dc.subject Engineering
dc.subject Subjects Allied to Medicine::Pharmacology, toxicology & pharmacy::Pharmacology
dc.subject T Technology::TA Engineering (General). Civil engineering (General)
dc.subject Q Science::QD Chemistry::QD450 Physical and theoretical chemistry
dc.subject R Medicine::RS Pharmacy and materia medica
dc.title Effect of surfactant on Pseudomonas aeruginosa colonization of polymer microparticles and flat films
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