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. 2020 Sep 24;11:4848. doi: 10.1038/s41467-020-18654-8

Fig. 4. Preserved catechol functionality in LAPDA.

Fig. 4

Antifouling effect on a bare quartz, b PEGylated PDA, and c PEGylated LAPDA. Schematics on top illustrate bacterial colonization behavior (E. coli.) on the surfaces. Middle and bottom images are corresponding bright-field and fluorescence images, respectively. The blue arrows indicate bacterial accumulation on sites of mechanical damage in the PEGylated PDA coating. The scale bar is 200 µm.