Microfluidic plasmas: Novel technique for chemistry and chemical engineering

L Lin, HQ Pho, L Zong, S Li, N Pourali, E Rebrov… - Chemical Engineering …, 2021 - Elsevier
As an emerging technology that features the integration of microfluidics and non-equilibrium
plasmas, microfluidic plasmas not only allow the precise and effective matter and heat …

Fighting mixed-species microbial biofilms with cold atmospheric plasma

Y Rao, W Shang, Y Yang, R Zhou, X Rao - Frontiers in Microbiology, 2020 - frontiersin.org
Most biofilms in nature are formed by multiple microbial species, and such mixed-species
biofilms represent the actual lifestyles of microbes, including bacteria, fungi, viruses …

Assessment of persistent antimicrobial and anti-biofilm activity of p-HEMA hydrogel loaded with rifampicin and cefixime

O Tarawneh, H Abu Mahfouz, L Hamadneh… - Scientific Reports, 2022 - nature.com
Catheter-associated urinary tract infections (CAUTIs) are nosocomial infections causing
more than one million hospital cases annually. The progress of CAUTIs leads to severe …

Microplasma-enabled sustainable synthesis of nitrogen-doped graphene quantum dots for sensitive detection of 4-nitrophenol

MR Rahardja, D Kurniawan, WH Chiang - Chemosensors, 2023 - mdpi.com
4-nitrophenol (4-NP) is one of the organic pollutants that can come up from pesticides,
explosives, dyes, and pharmaceutical industries. Since it can be extremely harmful to …

[HTML][HTML] A review of research advances on disinfection strategies for biofilm control in drinking water distribution systems

IM Oliveira, IB Gomes, LC Simões, M Simões - Water Research, 2024 - Elsevier
The presence of biofilms in drinking water distribution systems (DWDS) is responsible for
water quality deterioration and a possible source of public health risks. Different factors …

[HTML][HTML] Recent advances in the graphene quantum dot-based biological and environmental sensors

D Kurniawan, RJ Weng, YY Chen, MR Rahardja… - Sensors and Actuators …, 2022 - Elsevier
Graphene quantum dots (GQDs) are zero-dimensional (0D) materials having unique
luminescence properties due to quantum confinement and edge effect. Coupled with their …

Graphene quantum dot-enabled nanocomposites as luminescence-and surface-enhanced raman scattering biosensors

D Kurniawan, YY Chen, N Sharma, MR Rahardja… - Chemosensors, 2022 - mdpi.com
Graphene quantum dots (GQDs) are a zero-dimensional (0D) carbon-based nanomaterial
with a unique quantum confinement effect that have captured the eyes of many researchers …

Zero-dimensional nano-carbons: Synthesis, properties, and applications

D Kurniawan, Z Xia, L Dai, KK Ostrikov… - Applied Physics …, 2024 - pubs.aip.org
Zero-dimensional (0D) nano-carbons, including graphene quantum dots, nanodiamonds,
and carbon dots, represent the new generation of carbon-based nanomaterials with …

Bacteriocin—a potential antimicrobial peptide towards disrupting and preventing biofilm formation in the clinical and environmental locales

S Duraisamy, S Balakrishnan, S Ranjith… - … Science and Pollution …, 2020 - Springer
Biofilm, a consortium of microbial cells, protected by extracellular polymeric matrix, is
considered a global challenge due to the inherent antibiotic resistance conferred by its …

Microfluidic plasma-based continuous and tunable synthesis of Ag–Au nanoparticles and their SERS properties

L Lin, X Li, H Gao, H Xu, SA Starostin… - Industrial & …, 2021 - ACS Publications
This work reports on an effective approach for the continuous synthesis of Ag–Au
nanoparticles (NPs) by integrating low-temperature plasma with a microfluidic technique …