@inproceedings{bbe7f84bb5794c0b90482ade5c206e16,
title = "MIcrofluidic biofilm observation, analysis and treatment (MICRO-BOAT) platform",
abstract = "We present the first demonstration of a novel bacterial biofilm treatment technique showing a 56\% average decrease in bacterial cell viability compared to traditional antibiotic treatments in a Micro-BOAT platform. Integrated linear array charge-coupled devices achieve spatially realized optical density monitoring, correlating to both average biomass and localized biofilm morphology. For on-chip demonstration of biofilm treatment, a unique bioelectric effect using a superpositioned direct and alternating current electric field is applied in the presence of antibiotics. Use of the platform demonstrated successful real-time monitoring of biofilm treatment and validated an on-chip bioelectric effect showing a decrease in both bacterial cell viability and overall biomass.",
author = "Mosteller, \{M. P.\} and Meyer, \{M. T.\} and H. Ben-Yoav and Bentley, \{W. E.\} and R. Ghodssi",
note = "Publisher Copyright: {\textcopyright} 2012 TRF.; 2012 Solid-State Sensors, Actuators and Microsystems Workshop, Hilton Head 2012 ; Conference date: 03-06-2012 Through 07-06-2012",
year = "2012",
month = jan,
day = "1",
doi = "10.31438/trf.hh2012.61",
language = "American English",
series = "Technical Digest - Solid-State Sensors, Actuators, and Microsystems Workshop",
pages = "233--236",
editor = "Mehran Mehregany and Monk, \{David J.\}",
booktitle = "2012 Solid-State Sensors, Actuators and Microsystems Workshop, Hilton Head 2012",
}