Bacterial Biofilm Material Properties Enable Removal and Transfer by Capillary Peeling
- Submitting institution
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The University of Leeds
- Unit of assessment
- 12 - Engineering
- Output identifier
- MECH-106
- Type
- D - Journal article
- DOI
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10.1002/adma.201804153
- Title of journal
- Advanced Materials
- Article number
- 1804153
- First page
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- Volume
- 30
- Issue
- 46
- ISSN
- 0935-9648
- Open access status
- Deposit exception
- Month of publication
- October
- Year of publication
- 2018
- URL
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- Supplementary information
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https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1002/adma.201804153
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- Output has been delayed by COVID-19
- No
- COVID-19 affected output statement
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- Forensic science
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- Criminology
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- Interdisciplinary
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- Number of additional authors
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11
- Research group(s)
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- Proposed double-weighted
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- Reserve for an output with double weighting
- No
- Additional information
- Biofilms form in different engineering, biological, and medical settings where they reduce efficiency and can introduce health threats. This article investigates physical properties of biofilms and shows how chemical-free treatments (using the interfacial tension applied by air-water interfaces) can be used to clean surfaces and substitute biochemical treatments that cause antimicrobial resistance. This research will benefit industrial processes that involve disinfection, cleaning, wastewater treatment and biodegradation. This work led to a 2019 L’Oréal-UNESCO for Women in Science Award for Khodaparast. An invention disclosure ‘Capillary peeling of biofilms’ (No. 19-5312) was filed at the Office of Technology Licensing at Princeton University.
- Author contribution statement
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- Non-English
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- English abstract
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