🪡 Nanostructured coatings physically puncture bacteria to prevent biofilm formation
https://phys.org/news/2025-11-nanostructured-coatings-physically-bacteria-biofilm.html
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Nanostructured coatings physically puncture bacteria to prevent biofilm formation
Bacteria that multiply on surfaces are a major headache in health care when they gain a foothold on, for example, implants or in catheters. Researchers at Chalmers University of Technology in Sweden have found a new weapon to fight these hotbeds of bacterial growth—one that does not rely on antibiotics or toxic metals.

