title: Adhesion and Disintegration Phenomena on Fractal Agar Gel Surfaces.
abstract: In the present study, mechanical phenomena on fractal agar gel were analyzed to understand the interfacial properties of hydrophilic biosurfaces. The evaluation of adhesion strength between the fractal agar gel surfaces showed that the fractal structure inhibits the adhesion between the agar gel surfaces. In addition, when the disintegration behavior of an agar gel block was observed between fractal agar gel substrates, the rough structure prevented the sliding of an agar gel block. These findings are useful for understanding the biological significance of rough structure on the biological surfaces.
authors.affiliation: Department of Biochemical Engineering, Graduate School of Science and Engineering, Yamagata University.
authors.forename: Ayano
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Kudo
authors.forename: Marika
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Sato
authors.forename: Haruna
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Sawaguchi
authors.forename: Jun-Ichi
authors.initials: JI
authors.lastname: Hotta
authors.forename: Hiroyuki
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Mayama
authors.forename: Yoshimune
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Nonomura
mesh_terms: D000362:Agar / Q000737:chemistry*; D017709:Fractals; D005782:Gels / Q000737:chemistry*; D057927:Hydrophobic and Hydrophilic Interactions; D055595:Mechanical Phenomena; D013314:Stress, Mechanical
chemical_list: D005782:Gels; D000362:Agar