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Sharklet AF™

Updated: 03/28/2011

Shark-inspired surface fights microbes without causing resistance

Sharklet
Galapagos shark

About the Product

Company: Sharklet Technologies, LLC
Product Phase: Under development
Product Type: Anti-microbial surface

Inspiring Strategy

Skin inhibits microbes: shark >

Product or process

Sharklet AFTM is a synthetic surface inspired by the skin of sharks which deters colonization by certain disease-causing microbes. Because the artificial surface works without killing microbes, there is no selection for resistance.



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