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Characterization & Experimental Design

Meeting 7/2/12

List of What Needs to get Done this Week:

• Research protocols on setting up and running experiments using biofilms
• Research flow and static protocols for biofilms
• Research ways to characterize silica matrix and acquire quantifiable data
• Create timelines for each assay researched
• Order reagents and get training on any equipment needed for assays

Silica Characterization

Research was done on different ways to characterize the silica coat. Three extremely helpful articles are listed below.

• Cell-Mediated Deposition of Porous Silica on Bacterial Biofilms
• Sol-gel synthsis and structure of silica hybrid materials
• Thin-film silica sol-gel coatings for neural microelectrodes

A powerpoint highlighting possible characterization methods is given here