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Quantifying Elastic Properties of Environmental Biofilms using Optical Coherence Elastography
Evan Dieppa 1, Hannah Schmitz 2, Ziwei Wang 3, Fabrizio Sabba 4, George Wells 2, Oluwaseyi Balogun 1,2,3
1Theoretical and Applied Mechanics Program, Northwestern University, 2Civil and Environmental Engineering Department, Northwestern University, 3Mechanical Engineering Department, Northwestern University, 4Black & Veatch

This paper highlights the optical coherence elastography (OCE) technique's efficacy in rapidly and non-destructively characterizing biofilm elastic properties. We elucidate critical OCE implementation procedures for accurate measurements and present Young's modulus values for two granular biofilms.

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