Betsy van de Belt-Gritter

TL;DR: P pH-triggered, self-defensive antibiotic-loaded coatings become activated by highly localized acidification in the immediate environment of an adhering bacterium, offering potential for clinical application with minimized side-effects.

TL;DR: Three out of five methods compared, including an established ASTM, are unsuitable for evaluating bacterial contact-killing surfaces and methods found suitable should be used in combination with a zone-of-inhibition-assay to establish absence of antimicrobial leaching, potentially interfering with contact- killing.

TL;DR: Chemisorption of long-chain PAs by the silicone rubber used for voice prostheses reduces biofilm formation in vivo and therefore can be expected to prolong the life of these prostheses.

TL;DR: P pH/bacteria-responsive nanocomposite coatings with multiple mechanisms of antibacterial protection that include the permanent retention of antimicrobials, bacteria-triggered release of antibiotics and bacteria-induced film swelling are reported.

TL;DR: The TriboChemist is a recently introduced instrument, allowing the study of initially adhering bacteria to a germanium crystal using ATR-FTIR spectroscopy, while simultaneously allowing measurement of the coefficient of friction of aBiofilm, which serves as an indicator of the EPS content of a biofilm.