Graphical methods for the analysis of shear-induced detachment of cells and microorganisms
Abstract
Treating shear stress induced detachment of micro-organisms as a bond breaking mechanism, the authors present three intuitive graphical approaches to determine the relevant parameters in the Arrhenius rate equation, i.e., attachment energy, prefactor, and maximum shear stress. They demonstrate the methods with the detachment of polystyrene spheres and show that having three different methods presents the opportunity to check the consistency of the results.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Pub Defense Publication
- Publication Date
- Aug 25, 2015
- Source ID
- 10.1116/1.4929632
Entities
People
- Hans Jürgen Kreuzer
- Markus Karahka
Organizations
- Dalhousie University
- Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council
- Office of Naval Research