@article {7588,
	title = {Exploring the potential of magnetic antimicrobial agents for water disinfection},
	journal = {Water Research},
	volume = {66},
	year = {2014},
	pages = {160{\textendash}168},
	abstract = {<p>Industrial and urban activities yield large amounts of contaminated groundwater, which present a major health issue worldwide. Infectious diseases are the most common health risk associated with drinking-water and wastewater remediation is a major concern of our modern society. The field of wastewater treatment is being revolutionized by new nano-scale water disinfection devices which outperform most currently available technologies. In particular, iron oxide magnetic nanoparticles (MNPs) have been widely used in environmental applications due to their unique physical{\textendash}chemical properties. In this work, poly(ethylene) glycol (PEG)-coated MNPs have been functionalized with (RW)3, an antimicrobial peptide, to yield a novel magnetic-responsive support with antimicrobial activity against Escherichia coli K-12 DSM498 and Bacillus subtilis 168. The magnetic-responsive antimicrobial device showed to be able to successfully disinfect the surrounding solution. Using a rapid high-throughput screening platform, the minimal inhibitory concentration (MIC) was determined to be 500 μM for both strains with a visible bactericidal effect.</p>
},
	url = {http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0043135414005910},
	author = {Ana S Pina and Batalha, {\'I}ris L. and Cl{\'a}udia S M Fernandes and Matheus A Aoki and Roque, Ana C A}
}
