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Bacterial interactions with nanostructured surfaces
Hizal, Ferdi
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BACTERIAL INTERACTIONS WITH
NANOSTRUCTURED SURFACES
Bacterial interactions with nanostructured surfaces
By Ferdi Hizal
University Medical Center Groningen, University of Groningen Groningen, The Netherlands
Cover designed by Fermet Hizal Copyright © 2017 by Ferdi Hizal
Printed by Off Page, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
BACTERIAL INTERACTIONS WITH
NANOSTRUCTURED SURFACES
Proefschrift
ter verkrijging van de graad van doctor aan de
Rijksuniversiteit Groningen
op gezag van de
rector magnificus, prof. dr. E. Sterken,
en volgens besluit van het College voor Promoties.
De openbare verdediging zal plaatsvinden op
7 juni 2017 om 14:30 uur
door
Ferdi Hizal
geboren op 10 juni 1984
P R O M O T O R E S
Prof. dr. ir. H.J. Busscher Prof. dr. H.C. van der Mei Prof. dr. C.-H. Choi
B E O O R D E L I N G S C O M M I S S I E
Prof. dr. Y. Ren
Prof. dr. ir. G.J. Verkerke Prof. dr. M.R. Libera
P A R A N I M F E N
Colin Rosman Yuri Ong
T A B L E O F C O N T E N T S
Chapter 1 General Introduction: Current Developments in Bacterial Interactions with Nanostructured Surfaces
7
Aim of this Thesis 12
Chapter 2 Nanoengineered Superhydrophobic Surfaces of Aluminum with Extremely Low Bacterial Adhesivity
17
Chapter 3 Staphylococcal Adhesion, Detachment and Transmission on Nanopillared Si Surfaces
43
Chapter 4 Transmission of Staphylococcus epidermidis Biofilms from Smooth to Nanopillared Surfaces
65
Chapter 5 Impact of 3D Hierarchical Nanostructures on the Antibacterial Efficacy of a Bacteria-Triggered Self-Defensive Antibiotic Coating
81
Chapter 6 General Discussion 103
Summary 111
Samenvatting 114
