Journal article
A study of the onset of biofouling using quartz crystal nanobalance
International communications in heat and mass transfer, v 33(1)
2006
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Abstract
One of the major characteristics of living microorganisms is their behavior in deposition upon material surfaces. The initial biofouling behavior was investigated by measuring the mass of bacteria deposited on various metallic surfaces immersed in stationary distilled water. Three different bacteria were used:
Pseudomonas fluorescens,
Escherichia coli, and
Klebsiella aerogenes, all of which commonly exist in industrial water systems. The present results show that
P. fluorescens was most adherent to a Ti surface, while
E. coli and
K. aerogenes were affinitive to Au and Al, respectively. Generally, Au and Ti metals showed high bacterial deposition behavior. The bacteria deposited on the Ti surface could be effectively removed by irradiation of ultra-violet light.
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- Title
- A study of the onset of biofouling using quartz crystal nanobalance
- Creators
- Min Young Jung - Jeonbuk National UniversityCheol Sang Kim - Jeonbuk National UniversityLeonard D. Tijing - Jeonbuk National UniversityBock Choon Pak - Jeonbuk National UniversityYoung I. Cho - Drexel University
- Publication Details
- International communications in heat and mass transfer, v 33(1)
- Publisher
- Elsevier
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Language
- English
- Academic Unit
- Mechanical Engineering and Mechanics
- Web of Science ID
- WOS:000234729300003
- Other Identifier
- 991019167557904721
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- Web of Science research areas
- Mechanics
- Thermodynamics