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. 2020 Sep 28;8:569967. doi: 10.3389/fbioe.2020.569967

TABLE 3.

Interaction energies for a separation distance d = 0.1 nm between GO 2D NSs and S. aureus and E. coli bacteria, calculated by the DLVO theory.

(A) VVW (in 10–20 J) VET (in 10–20 J) Vtot (in 10–20 J) (B) VVW (in 10–20 J) VET (in 10–20 J) Vtot (in 10–20 J)
S. aureus 9.67 31.1 40.77 S. aureus 5.54 17.84 23.38
E. coli 10 −43.6 −33.6 E. coli 5.6 −24.2 −18.6

(A,B) Refer to 600 and 1400 μg/mL concentration of the initial GO nanoflake preparation, respectively, corresponding to an effective nanoflake radius, a2, of 38.6 and 21.1 nm, respectively.