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Insulated Interlaced Surface Electrodes for Bacterial Inactivation and Detachment.
Zhang, Qiaoying; Liu, Bin; Gao, Guandao; Vecitis, Chad D.
Afiliação
  • Zhang Q; John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02138, United States.
  • Liu B; State Key Laboratory of Pollution Control and Resource Reuse, School of Environment, Nanjing University, Nanjing 210023, China.
  • Gao G; John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02138, United States.
  • Vecitis CD; State Key Laboratory of Pollution Control and Resource Reuse, School of Environment, Nanjing University, Nanjing 210023, China.
J Phys Chem B ; 127(14): 3164-3174, 2023 04 13.
Article em En | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-36996492
Effective and stable antibiofouling surfaces and interfaces have long been of research interest. In this study, we designed, fabricated, and evaluated a surface coated with insulated interlaced electrodes for bacterial fouling reduction. The electrodes were printed Ag filaments of 100 µm width and 400 µm spacing over an area of 2 × 2 cm2. The insulating Ag electrode coating material was polydimethylsiloxane (PDMS) or thermoplastic polyurethane (TPU) with a thickness of 10 to 40 µm. To evaluate the antibiofouling potential, E. coli inactivation after 2 min contact with the electrified surface and P. fluorescens detachment after 15 and 40 h growth were examined. The extent of bacterial inactivation was related to the insulating material, coating thickness, and applied voltage (magnitude and AC vs DC). A high bacterial inactivation (>98%) was achieved after only 2 min of treatment at 50 V AC and 10 kHz using a 10 µm TPU coating. P. fluorescens detachment after 15 and 40 h incubation in the absence of applied potential was completed with simultaneous cross-flow rinsing and AC application. Higher AC voltages and longer cross-flow rinsing times resulted in greater bacterial detachment with bacterial coverage able to be reduced to <1% after only 2 min of rinsing at 50 V AC and 10 kHz. Theoretical electric field analysis indicated that at 10 V the field strength penetrating the aqueous solution is nonuniform (∼16,000-20,000 V m-1 for the 20 µm TPU) and suggests that dielectrophoresis plays a key role in bacterial detachment. The bacterial inactivation and detachment trends observed in this study indicate that this technique has merit for future antibiofouling surface development.
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Texto completo: 1 Coleções: 01-internacional Base de dados: MEDLINE Assunto principal: Eletricidade / Escherichia coli Idioma: En Revista: J Phys Chem B Assunto da revista: QUIMICA Ano de publicação: 2023 Tipo de documento: Article País de afiliação: Estados Unidos

Texto completo: 1 Coleções: 01-internacional Base de dados: MEDLINE Assunto principal: Eletricidade / Escherichia coli Idioma: En Revista: J Phys Chem B Assunto da revista: QUIMICA Ano de publicação: 2023 Tipo de documento: Article País de afiliação: Estados Unidos