A biofilm microreactor system for simultaneous electrochemical and nuclear magnetic resonance techniques

Water Science and Technology

Volumn 69, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 966-973

  Renslow, R S ^a   Babauta, J T ^b   Majors, P D ^c   Mehta, H S ^a   Ewing, R J ^a   Ewing, T W ^b   Mueller, K T ^a,d   Beyenal, H ^b  

^a PACIFIC NORTHWEST NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b Washington State University   (United States)

^c BRUKER BIOSPIN CORPORATION   (United States)

^d PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Biofilm; Electrochemistry; Geobacter; Magnetic resonance; NMR; Reactor

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL REACTORS; CHEMICALS; COMPUTER SOFTWARE REUSABILITY; ELECTROCHEMISTRY; ELECTRODES; ELECTRON TRANSITIONS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; VOLATILE FATTY ACIDS;

ACETATE CONCENTRATIONS; ELECTROCHEMICAL TECHNIQUES; EXTRACELLULAR ELECTRON TRANSFER; GEOBACTER; GEOBACTER SULFURREDUCENS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE TECHNIQUES; RADIO FREQUENCY RESONATORS; REACTOR;

BIOFILMS;

ACETATE; BIOFILM; BIOREACTOR; ELECTROCHEMICAL METHOD; ELECTRON; FLOW VELOCITY; MEASUREMENT METHOD; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE;

ANALYTICAL ERROR; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BIOFILM REACTOR; CULTURE MEDIUM; ELECTROCHEMICAL ANALYSIS; ELECTROCHEMISTRY; ELECTRODE; ELECTRON TRANSPORT; GEOBACTER SULFURREDUCENS; MICROENVIRONMENT; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; SIGNAL NOISE RATIO;

BIOFILMS; BIOREACTORS; ELECTROCHEMICAL TECHNIQUES; GEOBACTER; MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; MICROFLUIDICS;

EID: 84897140199     PISSN: 02731223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2166/wst.2013.802     Document Type: Article

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