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ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY
Volume 49, Issue 9, Pages 5484-5492Publisher
AMER CHEMICAL SOC
DOI: 10.1021/acs.est.5b00084
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- JHU INBT Pilot Project
- NSF (CBET) [1236493]
- Owens Graduate Fellowship
- Div Of Chem, Bioeng, Env, & Transp Sys
- Directorate For Engineering [1236493] Funding Source: National Science Foundation
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In many environmental scenarios, the fate and impact of polymer nanocomposites (PNCs) that contain carbon nanotubes (CNT/PNCs) will be influenced by their interactions with microorganisms, with implications for antimicrobial properties and the long-term persistence of PNCs. Using oxidized single-wall (O-SWCNTs) and multi-wall CNTs (O-MWCNTs), we explored the influence that CNT loading (mass fraction <= 0.1%-10%) and type have on the initial interactions of Pseudomonas aeruginosa with O-CNT/poly(vinyl alcohol) (PVOH) nanocomposites containing well-dispersed O-CNTs. LIVE/DEAD staining revealed that, despite oxidation, the inclusion of O-SWCNTs or O-MWCNTs caused PNC surfaces to exhibit antimicrobial properties. The fraction of living cells deposited on both O-SWCNT and O-MWCNT/PNC surfaces decreased exponentially with increasing CNT loading, with O-SWCNTs being approximately three times more cytotoxic on a % w/w basis. Although not every contact event between attached Microorganisms and CNTs led to cell death, the cytotoxicity of the CNT/PNC surfaces scaled with the total,contact area that existed between the microorganisms and CNTs. However, because the antimicrobial properties of CNT/PNC surfaces require direct CNT-microbe contact, dead cells were able to shield living cells from the cytotoxic effects of CNTs, allowing biofilm formation to occur on CNT/PNCs exposed to Pseudomonas aeruginosa for longer time periods.
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