title: Graphical methods for the analysis of shear-induced detachment of cells and microorganisms.
abstract: Treating shear stress induced detachment of micro-organisms as a bond breaking mechanism, the authors present three intuitive graphical approaches to determine the relevant parameters in the Arrhenius rate equation, i.e., attachment energy, prefactor, and maximum shear stress. They demonstrate the methods with the detachment of polystyrene spheres and show that having three different methods presents the opportunity to check the consistency of the results.
authors: Department of Physics and Atmospheric Science, Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia B3H 3J5, Canada.
authors: Markus
authors: M
authors: Karahka
authors: Department of Physics and Atmospheric Science, Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia B3H 3J5, Canada.
authors: Hans Jürgen
authors: HJ
authors: Kreuzer
mesh_terms: D001422:Bacterial Adhesion; D055592:Biophysical Phenomena; D002448:Cell Adhesion; D003196:Computer Graphics; D008962:Models, Theoretical; D011137:Polystyrenes; D013314:Stress, Mechanical
chemical_list: D011137:Polystyrenes