Imaging electric charge propagating along microbial nanowires
Monday, October 20, 2014 - 12:32
in Physics & Chemistry
Physicists report that they've used a new imaging technique, electrostatic force microscopy, to resolve the biological debate with evidence from physics, showing that electric charges do indeed propagate along microbial nanowires just as they do in carbon nanotubes, a highly conductive human-made material.