TY - CONF A1 - Kok, H. T. A1 - Donskyi, Ievgen A1 - Adeli, M. A1 - Unger, Wolfgang A1 - Haag, R. T1 - 2D nanomaterials with switchable pathogen binding N2 - Graphene and its derivatives have recently attracted much attention for sensing and deactivating pathogens. However, mechanism of multivalent interactions at the graphene-pathogen interface are not fully understood. Since different physicochemical parameters of graphene play a role at this interface, control over graphene’s structure is necessary to study the mechanism of these interactions. In this work, zwitterionic graphene nanomaterials (ZGNMs) were synthesized with defined isoelectric points and exposure, in terms of polymer coverage and functionality. Then, the switchable interactions of ZGNMs with E. coli were investigated to study the validity of the generally proposed “trapping” mechanism for inactivating pathogens by functionalized graphene derivatives. The ZGNMs were able to controllably trap and release E. coli by crossing their isoelectric points. T2 - 4th Erlangen Symposium on Synthetic Carbon Allortopes 2017 CY - Erlangen, Germany DA - 25.09.2017 KW - Graphene KW - XPS KW - NEXAFS KW - Zwitterionic graphene nanomaterials PY - 2017 AN - OPUS4-47084 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER -