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Michala E. Pettitt

Researcher at University of Birmingham

Publications -  32
Citations -  2286

Michala E. Pettitt is an academic researcher from University of Birmingham. The author has contributed to research in topics: Ulva linza & Ethylene glycol. The author has an hindex of 25, co-authored 32 publications receiving 2156 citations.

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Poly(ethylene glycol)-containing hydrogel surfaces for antifouling applications in marine and freshwater environments.

TL;DR: The biological results showed that the hydrogel coating exhibited excellent antifouling properties with respect to settlement and removal, with the degradation process was slow under the test conditions chosen and the coating thickness and composition changing only marginally over the period.
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Settlement and adhesion of algal cells to hexa(ethylene glycol)-containing self-assembled monolayers with systematically changed wetting properties.

TL;DR: The number of Ulva zoospores and Navicula cells firmly adhered to the SAMs systematically increased with decreasing wettability, as shown for the protein fibrinogen.
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Nanostructured films of amphiphilic fluorinated block copolymers for fouling release application.

TL;DR: The XPS measurements on the "wet" films after immersion in water demonstrated that the film surface underwent reconstruction owing to its amphiphilic nature, thereby giving rise to a more chemically heterogeneous structure.
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Physicochemical properties of (ethylene glycol)-containing self-assembled monolayers relevant for protein and algal cell resistance.

TL;DR: The influence of the number of repeating units in self-assembled monolayers of ethylene glycol and of their end-group termination on the settlement and adhesion of two types of algal cells, viz., zoospores of the macroalga Ulva and cells of the diatom Navicula, was studied.