Biofilm and Materials Science

Preface: Hideyuki Kanematsu and Dana M. Barry AcknowledgementsPart 1: Biofilm, Microbiology, and GenomicsChapters: 1 Introduction: Hideyuki Kanematsu and Dana M. Barry2 Conditioning Films: Hideyuki Kanematsu and Dana M. Barry3 Movement of Bacteria toward Materials' Surfaces: Hideyuki Kanematsu and Dana M. Barry4 Adhesion of Bacteria: Katsutoshi Hori5 Microstructures of Biofilm: James Chapman6 Detachment of Bacteria: James Chapman7 Genomics Approach: Hajime Ikegai8 General Biological Biofilm Observation and Evaluation: Hideyuki Kanematsu and Dana M. BarryPart 2: Biofilm and Industrial ProblemsChapters:1 Corrosion and Biofilm: Reza Javaherdashti2 Cooling Water: Dana M Barry and Hideyuki Kanematsu3 Ships and Marine Structures: Daisuke Kuroda4 Biofilm Formation on Medical Devices and Infection: Preventive Approaches: Sitaraman Krishnan5 Hygiene Problems and Food Industry: Satoshi Fukuzaki6 Environmental Problems - Soil and Underground Water Treatment and Bioremediation: Hideyuki Kanematsu and Dana M. Barry7 Energy Problems - Fuel cell: Nobumitsu Hirai8 Bioreactors in Industries and Biofilm: Dana M. Barry and Hideyuki Kanematsu 9 Fish Reef, Seaweed Bed, and Other Construction Applications: Hideyuki Kanematsu and Dana M. Barry10 Contamination and Clean Surface of Materials: authors: Hideyuki Kanematsu and Dana M. Barry Part 3 Solving Industrial Biofilm ProblemsChapters:1 Chemical Cleaning: Satoshi Fukuzaki2 Physical Removal of Biofilms: Dana M. Barry and Hideyuki Kanematsu3 Antibacterial Effect of Materials and Biofilm: Hideyuki Kanematsu and Dana M. Barry4 Immersion Tests: Daisuke Kuroda5 Artificial Biofilm Formation on Laboratory Scale: Dana M. Barry, Hideyuki Kanematsu and Paul McGrath6 New Evaluation Techniques for Biofilm in Materials Science: Hideyuki Kanematsu and Dana M. Barry7 Future Scope: Hideyuki Kanematsu and Dana M. Barry

Hideyuki Kanematsu is a Fellow of Institute of  Materials Finishing, UK and the Dean of the Department of Materials Science and Engineering  at Suzuka National College of Technology, Japan.

Dana Barry has been part of the Northern New York Section of American Chemical Society for many years and is currently at Clarkson University, USA.