Investigations of biofilms formed on silica in contact with aqueous formulations containing laccase and maltodextrin

Applied Adhesion Science

Table 1 Evaluation of the AFM results obtained when increasing the contact time between SiO₂/Si substrates and aqueous laccase/maltodextrin mixture suspensions

Contact time	Root mean square (RMS) roughness	Particle height (nm)
0 s	0.4 ± 0.1 nm	–
1 min	1.3 ± 0.1 nm	2.6 ± 1.4
1 min	1.3 ± 0.1 nm	3.9 ± 1.5
10 min	1.7 ± 0.1 nm	2.8 ± 0.2
10 min	1.7 ± 0.1 nm	6.7 ± 0.7
1 h	2.6 ± 0.3 nm	6.2 ± 0.7
4 h	2.8 ± 0.2 nm	8.6 ± 0.7