Ultra-rapid elimination of biofilms via the combustion of a nanoenergetic coating

BMC Biotechnology

Volumn 13, Issue , 2013, Pages

  Lee, Byung Doo ^a   Thiruvengadathan, Rajagopalan ^b,c   Puttaswamy, Sachidevi ^a   Smith, Brandon M ^a   Gangopadhyay, Keshab ^b,c   Gangopadhyay, Shubhra ^b,c   Sengupta, Shramik ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

^b Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science   (United States)

^c NEMS/MEMS Works   (United States)

Author keywords

Biofilm removal; Biofilms; Nanoenergetic materials; Nanomaterial combustion; Nanothermites; Ultra rapid decontamination

Indexed keywords

AL-NANOPARTICLES; CARBONACEOUS RESIDUES; ENVIRONMENTALLY-FRIENDLY; NANOENERGETIC MATERIALS; NANOMATERIAL; NANOTHERMITES; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; UNDERLYING SURFACE;

ALUMINUM COATINGS; BACTERIA; BYPRODUCTS; COATINGS; COMBUSTION; NANOPARTICLES; SURFACES; WASTE DISPOSAL;

BIOFILMS;

ALUMINUM; CARBON; NANOPARTICLE;

ARTICLE; BIOFILM; COLONY FORMING UNIT; COMBUSTION; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; GAS; NONHUMAN; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; TEMPERATURE; THERMOGENESIS; TOXIC WASTE;

ALUMINUM; BIOFILMS; METAL NANOPARTICLES; POLYMERS; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA;

EID: 84875325049     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14726750     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1472-6750-13-30     Document Type: Article

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