Fourier transform infrared (FTIR) is a spectroscopy method that can identify variations in the
total composition of microorganisms through the determination of changes in functional …

The DLVO (Derjaguin, Landau, Verwey, Overbeek) theory was originally developed to
describe interactions between non-biological lyophobic colloids such as polystyrene …

Metal oxides can increase the adhesion of negatively-charged bacteria to surfaces primarily
due to their positive charge. However, the hydrophobicity of a metal-oxide surface can also …

A survey of the literature is made for the XPS analysis of food products (mainly spray‐dried
powders, which reveal a considerable surface enrichment in lipids) and of microorganisms …

Green microalgae are attractive to food, pharmaceutical, and biofuel industries due to the
promising and diverse properties of their intracellular components. In current …

The aim of this paper was to determine the adhesion of two physico-chemically
characterized bacterial strains to a surface hydrophilic (CL A, water contact angle 57°) and …

Staphylococcus epidermidis is now well established as a major nosocomial pathogen
associated with infections of indwelling medical devices. The major virulence factor of these …

Microbial adhesion on solid substrate is important in various fields of science. Mineral–
microbe interactions alter the surface chemistry of the minerals and the adhesion of the …

The rapid increase in the global population and demand for commodities has contributed to
the rapid depletion of metal and coal resources. A critical issue for the mineral processing …

This paper examines the types of information that XPS can provide about a variety of
nanostructured materials. Although it is sometimes not considered a “nanoscale analysis …