Salt-Induced Self-Assembly of Bacteria on Nanowire Arrays

Studying bacteria-nanostructure interactions is crucial;to gaining Controllable interfacing of biotic and abiotic components h advanced biotechnologies. For biodectrochemical systems, tunable cell electrode architectures offer A path toward: improving performance and,discovering emergent properties. As such, Spororitusa Ovata cells cultured on vertical silicon nano-wire arrays formed filamentous cells and aligned parallel to the nanowires when grown in increasing ionic coricentrations. Here, we propose a model describing the kinetic and the thermodynamic driving forces of bacteria nanowire interactions.