Graphene's lengthy checklist of achievements is a little bit longer as we speak, as researchers from Rice University have used the material to make a bacterial garden bug protection zapper. A type of the fabric called laser-induced graphene (LIG) has beforehand been found to be antibacterial, and now the crew has discovered that these properties will be kicked up a notch by adding a couple of volts of electricity. The Rice crew, headed up by Professor James Tour, first created LIG in 2014 by utilizing a laser beam to etch patterns into a sheet of polyimide. That churns up the fabric into a porous graphene foam, which has been discovered to be efficient at preventing microbes from building up on its surface. To additional take a look at LIG's micro organism-blasting skills, the researchers took a sheet of polyimide and used a laser to turn half of the floor into LIG. The material was then placed in an answer stuffed with Pseudomonas aeruginosa micro organism, and a small cost was run through the LIG electrodes.

At 1.1 volts, the bacteria, which had been fluorescently tagged so the researchers may see them clearly, were interested in the LIG anode and moved in the direction of it, like a [bug zapper](https://securityholes.science/wiki/Zappify_Bug_Zapper:_The_Ultimate_Solution_For_Bug_Control?------WebKitFormBoundaryM6gAqo4j9zDn2Y7S%0D%0AContent-Disposition:%20form-data