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Record 1 2007-03-27

English

Subject field(s)
  • General Scientific and Technical Vocabulary
CONT

Increasingly, scientists are trying to develop materials with properties that are not conducive to bacterial adhesion: something with self-cleaning properties, for example, characterized by attractive forces too weak to maintain contact with bacteria.

OBS

self-cleaning: Designed to stay clean when being used, usually by virtue of being coated with materials that shed dirt.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Vocabulaire technique et scientifique général
CONT

Les chercheurs font de plus en plus d'efforts pour trouver des matériaux dont les propriétés seraient défavorables à l'adhésion des bactéries, par exemple, un matériau aux propriétés autonettoyantes où les forces d'attraction seraient insuffisantes pour maintenir le contact avec la bactérie.

Spanish

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