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Biodegradable Conductors for Implantable and Wearable Transient Bioelectronics

open access: yesAdvanced Functional Materials, EarlyView.
Biodegradable conductors are essential building blocks for transient bioelectronics, enabling temporary sensing, stimulation, and energy transfer while eliminating the need for device retrieval. This review summarizes biodegradable metals, conducting polymers, ionic conductors, and conductive composites, highlighting degradation mechanisms, material ...
Yicheng Zhu, Yijun Liu, Naoji Matsuhisa
wiley   +1 more source

Electrochemical Control of Biofilm Formation and Approaches to Biofilm Removal

open access: yesApplied Sciences, 2022
This review deals with microbial adhesion to metal-based surfaces and the subsequent biofilm formation, showing that both processes are a serious problem in the food industry, where pathogenic microorganisms released from the biofilm structure may ...
Iveta Brožková   +6 more
doaj   +1 more source

A Critical Call for Mechanistic Investigations of Metal‐Bacteria Interactions

open access: yesAdvanced Materials, EarlyView.
It is well established that the antibacterial properties of metals have tremendous importance for bioengineering applications. What is not as appreciated, however, is the reproducibility crisis in this field's vast literature. In this perspective, we highlight this reproducibility problem, discuss its sources, and suggest solutions towards focused ...
J. Rackwitz   +9 more
wiley   +1 more source

Role of microorganisms in electrocatalysts for energy applications: Recent progresses

open access: yesGreen Carbon
Recently, with the dual challenges of the global energy crisis and environmental pollution, developing efficient and environmentally friendly electrocatalysts is vital to clean energy conversion technologies.
Yujie Peng   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

The Utility of Electrochemical Systems in Microbial Degradation of Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons: Discourse, Diversity and Design

open access: yesFrontiers in Microbiology, 2020
Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs), especially high molecular weight PAHs, are carcinogenic and mutagenic organic compounds that are difficult to degrade.
Da-Cheng Hao   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Recent advances of the biosensor in microbial sensing

open access: yesШәкәрім университетінің хабаршысы: Техника ғылымдар, 2023
In this review, we discussed the design and manufacture of point-of-care test (POST) devices for the detection of microbial pathogens, including bacteria, viruses, fungi, and parasites.
Z. N. Temirzhanova
doaj   +1 more source

Biomass DNA: An Emerging Building Block for Advanced Materials

open access: yesAdvanced Materials, EarlyView.
Biomass DNA is rapidly emerging from its traditional role as a genetic blueprint to serve as a versatile abundant, highly programmable polymeric building block. This review highlights the transformation of macroscopic bulk biomass DNA into next generation of functional materials, spanning from dynamic hydrogels, sustainable bioplastics, and high ...
Yuwei Hu, Itamar Willner, Li Niu
wiley   +1 more source

The influence of benzene on the composition, diversity and performance of the anodic bacterial community in glucose-fed microbial fuel cells

open access: yesFrontiers in Microbiology
Bioelectrochemical systems offer unique opportunities to remove recalcitrant environmental pollutants in a net positive energy process, although it remains challenging because of the toxic character of such compounds.
Natalia Tyszkiewicz   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Monitoring stratification of anode biofilms in bioelectrochemical laminar flow reactors using flow cytometry

open access: yesEnvironmental Science and Ecotechnology, 2020
A laminar flow bioelectrochemical systems (BES) was designed and benchmarked using microbial anodes dominated with Geobacter spp. The reactor architecture was based on modeled flow fields, the resulting structure was 3D printed and used for BES ...
Yuting Guo   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Performance assessment of a four-air cathode membraneless microbial fuel cell stack for wastewater treatment and energy extraction [PDF]

open access: yesE3S Web of Conferences, 2019
A stack of two identical single chamber microbial fuel cells (MFCs) was assessed during using fermentable house hold extract as substrate. The design of the MFC units was based on the single chamber membrane-less technology using four cathode electrodes.
Tremouli Asimina   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

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