Nomenclature
\(\alpha\) significance level
AFM Atomic Force Microscopy
ANOVA ANalysis Of VAriance
ATR-IR Attenuated Total Reflectance Infrared Spectroscopy
\(c\) concentration (mg/L)
CLSM Confocal Laser Scanning Microscopy
E1-E4 Experiments E1 to E4
EDX Energy-Dispersive X-ray microanalysis
EPS Extracellular Polymeric Substances
FC Flow Cell
Fe2+ Iron(II)
H1-H3 Hypotheses 1 to 3 for the ANOVA
ICP-OES Inductively Coupled Plasma Optical Emission Spectroscopy
LB Luria Broth
MIP Maximum Intensity Projection (height map)
OCT Optical Coherence Tomography
\(p\) exceedance probability (significance value)
PVC Poly-Vinyl-Chloride
ROS Reactive Oxygen Species
\(Q\) volumetric flow rate (mL/min)
SEM Scanning Electron Microscopy
\(\tau_{w}\) wall shear stress in flow cells (Pa)
\(u\) flow velocity (cm/s)
x-FeOOH iron oxide-hydroxide polymorph