Capture of bacteria by flexible carbon nanotubes

Acta Biomaterialia

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 607-612

  Akasaka, Tsukasa ^a   Watari, Fumio ^a  

^a HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Adhesion; Bacteria; Carbon nanotubes; Streptococcus mutans

Indexed keywords

ADHESION; EFFICIENCY; MULTIWALLED CARBON NANOTUBES (MWCN); SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SINGLE-WALLED CARBON NANOTUBES (SWCN); YARN;

BACTERIAL ADHESION; COLONY FORMING UNITS; DIFFERENT EFFECTS; IN-VITRO; MULTI-WALLED-CARBON-NANOTUBES; NANOTUBE DIAMETERS; PRECIPITATION EFFICIENCY; S. MUTANS; SINGLE-WALLED CARBON; STREPTOCOCCUS MUTANS;

BACTERIA;

CARBON NANOTUBE; MULTI WALLED NANOTUBE; SINGLE WALLED NANOTUBE;

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM ADHERENCE; CELL ADHESION; COLONY FORMING UNIT; IN VITRO STUDY; NANOTECHNOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PRECIPITATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; STREPTOCOCCUS MUTANS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); STREPTOCOCCUS MUTANS;

EID: 57849130273     PISSN: 17427061     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.actbio.2008.08.014     Document Type: Article

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