Oxide–and silicate–water interfaces and their roles in technology and the environment

JL Bañuelos, E Borguet, GE Brown Jr… - Chemical …, 2023 - ACS Publications
Interfacial reactions drive all elemental cycling on Earth and play pivotal roles in human
activities such as agriculture, water purification, energy production and storage …

Extracellular electron transfer mechanisms between microorganisms and minerals

L Shi, H Dong, G Reguera, H Beyenal, A Lu… - Nature Reviews …, 2016 - nature.com
Electrons can be transferred from microorganisms to multivalent metal ions that are
associated with minerals and vice versa. As the microbial cell envelope is neither physically …

Silver nanoparticles boost charge-extraction efficiency in Shewanella microbial fuel cells

B Cao, Z Zhao, L Peng, HY Shiu, M Ding, F Song… - Science, 2021 - science.org
Microbial fuel cells (MFCs) can directly convert the chemical energy stored in organic matter
to electricity and are of considerable interest for power generation and wastewater …

Recent advances in the theory and molecular simulation of biological electron transfer reactions

J Blumberger - Chemical reviews, 2015 - ACS Publications
1. INTRODUCTION AND OVERVIEW The transfer and transport of electrons through
biological matter is one of the key steps underlying cellular energy harvesting, storage, and …

Carbon dots-fed Shewanella oneidensis MR-1 for bioelectricity enhancement

C Yang, H Aslan, P Zhang, S Zhu, Y Xiao… - Nature …, 2020 - nature.com
Bioelectricity generation, by Shewanella oneidensis (S. oneidensis) MR-1, has become
particularly alluring, thanks to its extraordinary prospects for energy production, pollution …

Anammox biochemistry: a tale of heme c proteins

B Kartal, JT Keltjens - Trends in biochemical sciences, 2016 - cell.com
Anaerobic ammonium-oxidizing (anammox) bacteria are one of the latest scientific
discoveries in the biogeochemical nitrogen cycle. These microorganisms are able to oxidize …

A 300-fold conductivity increase in microbial cytochrome nanowires due to temperature-induced restructuring of hydrogen bonding networks

PJ Dahl, SM Yi, Y Gu, A Acharya, C Shipps, J Neu… - Science …, 2022 - science.org
Although proteins are considered as nonconductors that transfer electrons only up to 1 to 2
nanometers via tunneling, Geobacter sulfurreducens transports respiratory electrons over …

Ultrastructure of Shewanella oneidensis MR-1 nanowires revealed by electron cryotomography

P Subramanian, S Pirbadian… - Proceedings of the …, 2018 - National Acad Sciences
Bacterial nanowires have garnered recent interest as a proposed extracellular electron
transfer (EET) pathway that links the bacterial electron transport chain to solid-phase …

Multi-haem cytochromes in Shewanella oneidensis MR-1: structures, functions and opportunities

M Breuer, KM Rosso… - Journal of the Royal …, 2015 - royalsocietypublishing.org
Multi-haem cytochromes are employed by a range of microorganisms to transport electrons
over distances of up to tens of nanometres. Perhaps the most spectacular utilization of these …

Biofilm engineering approaches for improving the performance of microbial fuel cells and bioelectrochemical systems

MJ Angelaalincy, R Navanietha Krishnaraj… - Frontiers in Energy …, 2018 - frontiersin.org
Microbial fuel cells (MFCs) are emerging as a promising future technology for a wide range
of applications in addition to sustainable electricity generation. Electroactive (EA) biofilms …