PMID- 11777569
OWN - NLM
STAT- MEDLINE
DCOM- 20020228
LR  - 20191105
IS  - 0167-7012 (Print)
IS  - 0167-7012 (Linking)
VI  - 48
IP  - 2-3
DP  - 2002 Feb
TI  - Time-of-flight secondary ion mass spectrometry: characterisation of stainless 
      steel surfaces immersed in natural seawater.
PG  - 195-205
AB  - Time-of-flight secondary ion mass spectrometry (ToF-SIMS) has been employed to 
      study the biofouling of stainless steel samples immersed in seawater. The aim of 
      these characterisations was to understand the initial mechanisms of biomolecule 
      adsorption for relatively short immersion times (from 0 to 24 h). The results 
      show that: (i) there were unavoidable sample "precontaminations" on the surfaces, 
      despite precaution during their preparation and manipulation (washing, drying and 
      storing); (ii) the major peaks detected were the substrate ones whatever the 
      immersion time [However, some organic (nitrogen and oxygen containing) and 
      inorganic secondary ions appeared and grew with the immersion time.]; (iii) the 
      surface contaminations, the nonuniformity of the adsorbed material so as and 
      bacteria have been clearly observed by high-lateral resolution molecular ToF-SIMS 
      mapping.
FAU - Poleunis, C
AU  - Poleunis C
AD  - Unite de Physico-Chimie et de Physique des Materiaux (PCPM), Universite 
      Catholique de Louvain (UCL), Croix du Sud 1, B-1348 Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium. 
      poleunis@pcpm.ucl.ac.be
FAU - Compere, C
AU  - Compere C
FAU - Bertrand, P
AU  - Bertrand P
LA  - eng
PT  - Journal Article
PT  - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
PL  - Netherlands
TA  - J Microbiol Methods
JT  - Journal of microbiological methods
JID - 8306883
RN  - 0 (Proteins)
RN  - 12597-68-1 (Stainless Steel)
SB  - IM
MH  - Bacteria/*chemistry/isolation & purification
MH  - Proteins/*analysis
MH  - Seawater
MH  - *Spectrometry, Mass, Secondary Ion
MH  - *Stainless Steel
MH  - *Water Microbiology
EDAT- 2002/01/05 10:00
MHDA- 2002/03/01 10:01
CRDT- 2002/01/05 10:00
PHST- 2002/01/05 10:00 [pubmed]
PHST- 2002/03/01 10:01 [medline]
PHST- 2002/01/05 10:00 [entrez]
AID - S0167701201003232 [pii]
AID - 10.1016/s0167-7012(01)00323-2 [doi]
PST - ppublish
SO  - J Microbiol Methods. 2002 Feb;48(2-3):195-205. doi: 
      10.1016/s0167-7012(01)00323-2.