Improvement of bacterial tethering using both physical and chemical surface modification for flagella spin actuators

  • Hyun Min Choi
  • , Kyo in Koo
  • , Sunkil Park
  • , Myoung Jun Jeong
  • , Gil Sub Kim
  • , Jaehong Park
  • , Jung Min Lim
  • , Woo Jae Chung
  • , Seung Hwan Lee
  • , Songwan Jin
  • , Yoon Sik Lee
  • , Tai Hyun Park
  • , Jung Yul Yoo
  • , Dong il Dan Cho

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Abstract

This paper reports a physical and chemical surface modification technique to achieve a high tethering efficiency as well as controllability and coordinating bacterial cells. This technique was used to experimentally show multiple spin actuators, using the flagellar motion of AMB-1 bacteria. For physical surface modification, a polydimethylsiloxane (PDMS) pillar array, using a soft-lithography technique, was used. For chemical surface modification, a UV-crosslinked azido benzoic acid (ABA) modified surface was used. A high rate of tethering and adhesion of AMB-1 bacterial cells was achieved on the modified surface, and multiple spin actuation and motoring were observed.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)269-276
Number of pages8
JournalSensors and Actuators, B: Chemical
Volume123
Issue number1
DOIs
StatePublished - 10 Apr 2007

Bibliographical note

Funding Information:
This research has been supported by the Intelligent Microsystem Center (IMC; http://www.microsystem.re.kr ), which carries out one of the 21st century's Frontier R&D Projects sponsored by the Korea Ministry Of Commerce, Industry and Energy, by a grant of the Korea Health 21 R&D Project, Ministry of Health & Welfare, Republic of Korea (A05-0251-B20604-05N1-00010A), and by the SRC/ERC program of MOST/KOSEF (grant # R11-2000-075-01001-0).

Keywords

  • Bacterial adhesion
  • Flagellar motor
  • Microfluidics
  • Surface engineering

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