Issue 18, 2023

A graphene microelectrode array based microfluidic device for in situ continuous monitoring of biofilms

Abstract

In situ continuous monitoring of bacterial biofilms has been a challenging job so far, but it is fundamental to the screening of novel anti-biofilm reagents. In this work, a microfluidic system utilizing a graphene-modified microelectrode array sensor was proposed to realize the dynamic state of bacterial biofilm monitoring by electrochemical impedance. The results illustrated that the observation window period of the biofilm state is significantly prolonged due to the increment of bacterial cell load on the sensing interface, thereby greatly improving the sensing signal quality. Simulation of anti-biofilm drug screening demonstrated that the performance of this method manifestly exceeded that of its endpoint counterparts.

Graphical abstract: A graphene microelectrode array based microfluidic device for in situ continuous monitoring of biofilms

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Article information

Article type
Communication
Submitted
03 Jūl. 2023
Accepted
10 Aug. 2023
First published
11 Aug. 2023
This article is Open Access
Creative Commons BY license

Nanoscale Adv., 2023,5, 4681-4686

A graphene microelectrode array based microfluidic device for in situ continuous monitoring of biofilms

J. Song, A. Ali, Y. Ma and Y. Li, Nanoscale Adv., 2023, 5, 4681 DOI: 10.1039/D3NA00482A

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