Journal of Bioengineering & Biomedical Science

Omenyi SN

Publications

• Research Article
  Surface Thermodynamics Approach to Mycobacterium tuberculosis (MTB) Human Sputum Interactions
  Author(s): Chukwuneke JL, Achebe CH and Omenyi SNChukwuneke JL, Achebe CH and Omenyi SN
  
  This research work presents the surface thermodynamics approach to M-TB/HIV-Human sputum interactions. This involved the use of the Hamaker coefficient concept as a surface energetics tool in determining the interaction processes, with the surface interfacial energies explained using van der Waals concept of particle interactions. The Lifshitz derivation for van der Waals forces was applied as an alternative to the contact angle approach which has been widely used in other biological systems. The methodology involved taking sputum samples from twenty infected persons and from twenty uninfected persons for absorbance measurement using a digital Ultraviolet visible Spectrophotometer. The variables required for the computations with the Lifshitz formula were derived from the absorbance data. The Matlab software tools were used in the mathematical analysis of the data produced from the ex.. Read More»
  DOI: 10.4172/2155-9538.1000167

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