@article{flickinger_bernal_schulte_broglie_duran_wallace_mooney_velev_2017, title={Biocoatings: challenges to expanding the functionality of waterborne latex coatings by incorporating concentrated living microorganisms}, volume={14}, ISSN={["1935-3804"]}, DOI={10.1007/s11998-017-9933-6}, number={4}, journal={JOURNAL OF COATINGS TECHNOLOGY AND RESEARCH}, author={Flickinger, Michael C. and Bernal, Oscar I. and Schulte, Mark J. and Broglie, Jessica Jenkins and Duran, Christopher J. and Wallace, Adam and Mooney, Charles B. and Velev, Orlin D.}, year={2017}, month={Jul}, pages={791–808} }
 @article{bernal_bharti_flickinger_velev_2017, title={Fabrication of photoreactive biocomposite coatings via electric field-assisted assembly of cyanobacteria}, volume={33}, number={21}, journal={Langmuir}, author={Bernal, O. I. and Bharti, B. and Flickinger, M. C. and Velev, O. D.}, year={2017}, pages={5304–5313} }
 @article{bernal_pawlak_flickinger_2017, title={Microbial Paper: Cellulose Fiber-based Photo-Absorber Producing Hydrogen Gas from Acetate using Dry-Stabilized Rhodopseudomonas palustris}, volume={12}, ISSN={["1930-2126"]}, DOI={10.15376/biores.12.2.4013-4030}, abstractNote={The microstructure and reactivity of a novel nonwoven cellulose fiber cellular biocomposite (microbial paper) was studied relative to long-term stabilization of potentially any microorganism. Cells were incorporated during the papermaking process as an integral component of a highly porous cellular biocomposite that can be dry stabilized. Hydrogen gas production from acetate via the activity of the nitrogenases in Rhodopseudomonas palustris CGA009, entrapped at a very high concentration, in hand-made microbial paper was sustained for > 1000 h at a rate of 4.0 ± 0.28 mmol H2/m2 h-1 following rehydration. This rate is 2x and 10x greater than previously reported H2 production rates by Rps. palustris latex coatings that were dried on polyester and non-dried formulations applied to the surface of paper, respectively. By vacuum-dewatering and controlled drying steps to the microbial papermaking process and incorporating blends of microfibrillar (MFC), softwood (SW), and hardwood (HW) cellulose fibers, microbial paper films were fabricated that produced H2 gas at 3.94 ± 1.07 mmol H2/m2 h-1 and retain up to 60 mg/m-2 dry cell weight (DCW) of Rps. palustris. The MFC content appears to determine the final cell load and may affect gas/moisture mass transfer properties of the biocomposite.}, number={2}, journal={BIORESOURCES}, author={Bernal, Oscar I. and Pawlak, Joel J. and Flickinger, Michael C.}, year={2017}, pages={4013–4030} }
 @article{estrada_bernal_flickinger_munoz_deshusses_2015, title={Biocatalytic Coatings for Air Pollution Control: A Proof of Concept Study on VOC Biodegradation}, volume={112}, ISSN={["1097-0290"]}, DOI={10.1002/bit.25353}, abstractNote={ABSTRACTAlthough biofilm‐based biotechnologies exhibit a large potential as solutions for off‐gas treatment, the high water content of biofilms often causes pollutant mass transfer limitations, which ultimately limit their widespread application. The present study reports on the proof of concept of the applicability of bioactive latex coatings for air pollution control. Toluene vapors served as a model volatile organic compound (VOC). The results showed that Pseudomonas putida F1 cells could be successfully entrapped in nanoporous latex coatings while preserving their toluene degradation activity. Bioactive latex coatings exhibited toluene specific biodegradation rates 10 times higher than agarose‐based biofilms, because the thin coatings were less subject to diffusional mass transfer limitations. Drying and pollutant starvation were identified as key factors inducing a gradual deterioration of the biodegradation capacity in these innovative coatings. This study constitutes the first application of bioactive latex coatings for VOC abatement. These coatings could become promising means for air pollution control. Biotechnol. Bioeng. 2015;112: 263–271. © 2014 Wiley Periodicals, Inc.}, number={2}, journal={BIOTECHNOLOGY AND BIOENGINEERING}, author={Estrada, Jose M. and Bernal, Oscar I. and Flickinger, Michael C. and Munoz, Raul and Deshusses, Marc A.}, year={2015}, month={Feb}, pages={263–271} }