Cross-contamination is a key food safety risk during both harvesting and post-harvest processing of fresh produce. Very few effective intervention approaches are available for reducing cross-contamination risks from diverse contact surfaces processing. Therefore, developing an antimicrobial coating that can be simply applied on diversity highly desirable. This work demonstrates cost-effective o...

U O Q U A N T Fraction of surface atoms in contact, A /A f i c  Friction proportional to Ac and Ac proportional to load L for rough surfaces  Flat surfaces in complete contact at any load Molecular Simulations Differ on Applicability of Macroscopic Results at Atomic Scales friction and adhesion in macroscopic models  Results for flat surfaces can be mapped directly to other geometries usi...

A novel quartz crystal microbalance (QCM) technique was used to study the adhesion of nonfimbriated and fimbriated Escherichia coli mutant strains to hydrophilic and hydrophobic surfaces at different ionic strengths. This technique enabled us to measure both frequency shifts (Deltaf), i.e., the increase in mass on the surface, and dissipation shifts (DeltaD), i.e., the viscoelastic energy losse...

Biolubrication plays a crucial role in assisting the sliding contacts in many organs in the human body. Notable examples are the joints, the skin surface, the eye, the mouth and gastrointestinal tract, the lungs and the red blood cells. In all cases, reduced lubrication leads to increased friction and adhesion between the surfaces in contact, which may lead to the surfaces becoming stuck and da...

Abstract Contamination by numerous food-borne pathogens is a major challenge facing the food industry daily. Even though there are many strategies in fight against contamination, able to attach different surfaces and form biofilms biggest concern. Staphylococcus aureus common pathogen capable of forming on foods contact surfaces. The prevalence multidrug resistant S. high raw products, high-pro...