{"database":"biostudies-literature","file_versions":[],"scores":null,"additional":{"submitter":["He J"],"funding":["China Scholarship Council","Helmholtz-Zentrum f?r Umweltforschung","Ministerio de Ciencia e Innovaci?n"],"pagination":["18234-18243"],"full_dataset_link":["https://www.ebi.ac.uk/biostudies/studies/S-EPMC11483754"],"repository":["biostudies-literature"],"omics_type":["Unknown"],"volume":["58(41)"],"pubmed_abstract":["Biofiltration is a simple and low-cost method for the cleanup of contaminated water. However, the reduced availability of dissolved chemicals to surface-attached degrader bacteria may limit its efficient use at certain hydraulic loadings. When a direct current (DC) electric field is applied to an immersed packed bed, it invokes electrokinetic processes, such as electroosmotic water flow (EOF). EOF is a surface-charge-induced plug-flow-shaped movement of pore fluids. It acts at a nanometer distance above surfaces and allows the change of microscale pressure-driven flow profiles and, hence, the availability of dissolved contaminants to microbial degraders. In laboratory percolation columns, we assessed the effects of a weak DC electric field (<i>E</i> = 0.5 V·cm<sup>-1</sup>) on the biodegra"],"journal":["Environmental science & technology"],"pubmed_title":["DC Electric Fields Promote Biodegradation of Waterborne Naphthalene in Biofilter Systems."],"pmcid":["PMC11483754"],"funding_grant_id":["BES-2017-079905","PID2022-139732OB-C21"],"pubmed_authors":["Castilla-Alcantara JC","He J","Harms H","Wick LY","Ortega-Calvo JJ"],"additional_accession":[]},"is_claimable":false,"name":"DC Electric Fields Promote Biodegradation of Waterborne Naphthalene in Biofilter Systems.","description":"Biofiltration is a simple and low-cost method for the cleanup of contaminated water. However, the reduced availability of dissolved chemicals to surface-attached degrader bacteria may limit its efficient use at certain hydraulic loadings. When a direct current (DC) electric field is applied to an immersed packed bed, it invokes electrokinetic processes, such as electroosmotic water flow (EOF). EOF is a surface-charge-induced plug-flow-shaped movement of pore fluids. It acts at a nanometer distance above surfaces and allows the change of microscale pressure-driven flow profiles and, hence, the availability of dissolved contaminants to microbial degraders. In laboratory percolation columns, we assessed the effects of a weak DC electric field (<i>E</i> = 0.5 V·cm<sup>-1</sup>) on the biodegra","dates":{"release":"2024-01-01T00:00:00Z","publication":"2024 Oct","modification":"2026-06-06T01:55:52.992Z","creation":"2025-04-04T20:55:48.142Z"},"accession":"S-EPMC11483754","cross_references":{"pubmed":["39353102"],"doi":["10.1021/acs.est.4c02924"]}}