Surface-Adaptive and Initiator-Loaded Graphene as a Light-Induced Generator with Free Radicals for Drug-Resistant Bacteria Eradication

Autor: Xunzhou Yu, Danfeng He, Ximu Zhang, Hongmei Zhang, Jinlin Song, Dezhi Shi, Yahan Fan, Gaoxing Luo, Jun Deng
Rok vydání: 2018
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Zdroj: ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces. 11:1766-1781
ISSN: 1944-8252
1944-8244
DOI: 10.1021/acsami.8b12873
Popis: Since generating toxic reactive oxygen species is largely dependent on oxygen, bacteria-infected wounds' hypoxia significantly inhibits photodynamic therapy's antibacterial efficiency. Therefore, a novel therapeutic method for eradicating multidrug-resistant bacteria is developed based on the light-activated alkyl free-radical generation (that is oxygen independent). According to the polydopamine-coated carboxyl graphene (PDA@CG), an initiator-loaded and pH-sensitive heat-producible hybrid of bactericides was synthesized. According to fluorescence/thermal imaging, under the low pH of the bacterial infection sites, this platform turned positively charged, which allows their accumulation in local infection site. The plasmonic heating effects of PDA@CG can make the initiator decomposed to generate alkyl radical (R
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