Microfluidics based electroporation for inactivation of microorganisms

• Main Author: Pudasaini, Sanam
• Other Authors: Charles Yang Chun
• Format: Thesis-Doctor of Philosophy
• Language: English
• Published: Nanyang Technological University 2020
• Subjects: Engineering::Nanotechnology; Engineering::Mechanical engineering::Fluid mechanics
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/144135
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

Disinfection of water has prevented humans from deadly water-borne diseases for many years. Current methods of bacterial inactivation include the use of ultraviolet radiation (UV), chlorine compounds, ozonation, etc., which pose issues such as high energy consumption, the formation of disinfection...