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ArticleACS omega2018

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

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Article in ACS omega, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 46 papers.

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46citing papers in PubMed
4.2field-weighted citation impact, top 5% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

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The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

46 citing papers in PubMed, 146 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors at 2 institutions in 2 countries.

Songmei WuSchool of Science, Beijing Jiaotong University, No. 3 Shangyuancun, Haidian District, Beijing 100044, P. R. China.
Stefanie AltenriedLaboratory for Biointerfaces, Empa, Swiss Federal Laboratories for Materials Science and Technology, Lerchenfeldstrasse 5, 9014 St. Gallen, Switzerland.
Andi ZoggHESS Medizintechnik AG, Grabenstrasse 14, 8865 Bilten, Switzerland.
Flavia ZuberLaboratory for Biointerfaces, Empa, Swiss Federal Laboratories for Materials Science and Technology, Lerchenfeldstrasse 5, 9014 St. Gallen, Switzerland.
Katharina Maniura-WeberLaboratory for Biointerfaces, Empa, Swiss Federal Laboratories for Materials Science and Technology, Lerchenfeldstrasse 5, 9014 St. Gallen, Switzerland.
Qun RenLaboratory for Biointerfaces, Empa, Swiss Federal Laboratories for Materials Science and Technology, Lerchenfeldstrasse 5, 9014 St. Gallen, Switzerland.
Swiss Federal Laboratories for Materials Science and Technology · CHBeijing Jiaotong University · CN

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Hospital-acquired infections can cause serious complications and are a severe problem because of the increased emergence of antibiotic-resistant bacteria. Biophysical modification of the material surfaces to prevent or reduce bacteria adhesion is an attractive alternative to antibiotic treatment. Since stainless steel is a widely used material for implants and in hospital settings, in this work, we used stainless steel to investigate the effect of the material surface topographies on bacterial adhesion and early biofilm formation. Stainless steel samples with different surface roughnesses

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PMID30023948
PMCPMC6045408
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