Mass transfer enhancement in moving biofilm structures

Biophysical Journal

Volumn 102, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 1483-1492

  Taherzadeh, Danial ^a   Picioreanu, Cristian ^b   Horn, Harald ^c  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^b DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

^c KARLSRUHE INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIOFILM; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; HYDRODYNAMICS; MOVEMENT (PHYSIOLOGY); SOLUBILITY;

BIOFILMS; HYDRODYNAMICS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MOVEMENT; SOLUBILITY;

EID: 84859412438     PISSN: 00063495     EISSN: 15420086     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bpj.2012.02.033     Document Type: Article

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