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Mechanical Resilience of Biofilms toward Environmental Perturbations Mediated by Extracellular Matrix
Zhang Q, Nguyen D, Tai J, Xu X, Nijjer J, Huang X, Li Y, Yan J. Mechanical Resilience of Biofilms toward Environmental Perturbations Mediated by Extracellular Matrix. Advanced Functional Materials 2022, 32 DOI: 10.1002/adfm.202110699.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMechanical resilienceNonlinear viscoelastic behaviorMaterials science pointLarge shear forcesBiofilm removal strategiesMechanical behaviorViscoelastic materialsViscoelastic behaviorBiofilm mechanicsSoft materialsStructure-property relationshipsRheological regimesRheological measurementsShear forceFunctional soft materialsLarge mechanical perturbationsPhysical insightPolymeric networkRemoval strategiesDynamics simulationsMolecular dynamics simulationsMaterialsDynamic environmentMatrixMechanical perturbations
2018
Bacterial Biofilm Material Properties Enable Removal and Transfer by Capillary Peeling
Yan J, Moreau A, Khodaparast S, Perazzo A, Feng J, Fei C, Mao S, Mukherjee S, Košmrlj A, Wingreen NS, Bassler BL, Stone HA. Bacterial Biofilm Material Properties Enable Removal and Transfer by Capillary Peeling. Advanced Materials 2018, 30: e1804153. PMID: 30368924, PMCID: PMC8865467, DOI: 10.1002/adma.201804153.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsBiofilm removal strategiesMaterial propertiesBiofouling problemsInterfacial propertiesSurface foulingRheological characterizationIndustrial operationsMechanical protectionSurface analysisBiofilm-forming bacterial speciesMultiple surfacesBiofilm-dwelling cellsVibrio cholerae biofilmsSurface-attached communitiesSurfaceRemoval strategiesPropertiesFouling