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Materials 2010, 3, 4607-4625; doi:10.3390/ma3094607 OPEN ACCESS materials ISSN 1996-1944 /journal/materials Review Creating Surface Properties Using a Palette of Hydrophobins Filippo Zampieri 1,2,3, Han A. B. Wösten 1 and Karin Scholtmeijer 1,* 1 Microbiology, Institute of Biomembranes, Utrecht University, Padualaan 8, 3584 CH Utrecht, The Netherlands; E-Mails: F.Zampieri@uu.nl (F.Z.); H.A.B.Wosten@uu.nl (H.A.B.W.) 2 BiOMaDe Technology Foundation, Nijenborgh 4, 9747 AG Groningen, The Netherlands 3 Department of Microbiology, Groningen Biomolecular Sciences and Biotechnology Institute (GBB), University of Groningen, PO Box 14, 9750 AA Haren, The Netherlands * Author to whom correspondence should be addressed; E-Mail: K.Scholtmeijer@uu.nl; Tel.: +31-302-533-041; Fax: +31-302-532-837. Received: 9 August 2010; in revised form: 20 August 2010/ Accepted: 3 September 2010 / Published: 6 September 2010 Abstract: Small secreted proteins called hydrophobins play diverse roles in the life cycle of filamentous fungi. For example, the hydrophobin SC3 of Schizophyllum commune is involved in aerial hyphae formation, cell-wall assembly and attachment to hydrophobic surfaces. Hydrophobins are capable of self-assembly at a hydrophilic-hydrophobic interface, resulting in the formation of an amphipathic film. This amphipathic film can make hydrophobic surfaces of a liquid or a solid material wettable, while a hydrophilic surfac