Versatile graphene-based photothermal nanocomposites for effectively capturing and killing bacteria, and for destroying bacterial biofilms

X Jia, I Ahmad, R Yang, C Wang - Journal of Materials Chemistry B, 2017 - pubs.rsc.org
Bacterial infection is a worldwide health problem. Finding new potential antibacterial
materials and developing advanced treatment strategies are becoming increasingly …

Amino-functionalized graphene oxide for the capture and photothermal inhibition of bacteria

L Mei, C Lin, F Cao, D Yang, X Jia, S Hu… - ACS Applied Nano …, 2019 - ACS Publications
Amino-functionalized graphene oxide (GO-NH2) was prepared for enhanced antibacterial
properties through excellent photothermal efficiency. This nanosheet could easily target the …

Graphene-based photothermal agent for rapid and effective killing of bacteria

MC Wu, AR Deokar, JH Liao, PY Shih, YC Ling - ACS nano, 2013 - ACS Publications
Conventional antibiotic therapies are becoming less efficient due to the emergence of
antibiotic-resistant bacterial strains. Development of novel antibacterial material to effectively …

A dual-targeted platform based on graphene for synergistic chemo-photothermal therapy against multidrug-resistant Gram-negative bacteria and their biofilms

H Wang, B Zhao, W Dong, Y Zhong, X Zhang… - Chemical Engineering …, 2020 - Elsevier
The construction of multimodal targeting and therapeutic platforms is a promising strategy for
combating multidrug-resistant (MDR) bacteria-associated infections. We report a dual …

Reduced graphene oxide functionalized with gold nanostar nanocomposites for synergistically killing bacteria through intrinsic antimicrobial activity and photothermal …

Y Feng, Q Chen, Q Yin, G Pan, Z Tu… - ACS Applied Bio …, 2019 - ACS Publications
The exploration of multifunctional photothermal agents is important for antibacterial
photothermal lysis, which has emerged as an effective approach to address the problem of …

Enhanced photothermal bactericidal activity of the reduced graphene oxide modified by cationic water-soluble conjugated polymer

L Xiao, J Sun, L Liu, R Hu, H Lu, C Cheng… - … applied materials & …, 2017 - ACS Publications
Surface modification of graphene is extremely important for applications. Here, we report a
grafting-through method for grafting water-soluble polythiophenes onto reduced graphene …

Enhanced antibacterial activity of indocyanine green-loaded graphene oxide via synergistic contact killing, photothermal and photodynamic therapy

Y Chen, W Huang, Y Dong, X Yu… - Journal of Biomedical …, 2022 - ingentaconnect.com
Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) has become a serious threat to human's
health. Recently, photodynamic/photothermal therapy (PDT/PTT) has emerged as promising …

Graphene oxide composite for selective recognition, capturing, photothermal killing of bacteria over mammalian cells

G Ma, J Qi, Q Cui, X Bao, D Gao, C Xing - Polymers, 2020 - mdpi.com
The multifunctional photothermal therapy (PTT) platform with the ability to selectively kill
bacteria over mammalian cells has received widespread attention recently. Herein, we …

PEGylated phthalocyanine-functionalized graphene oxide with ultrahigh-efficient photothermal performance for triple-mode antibacterial therapy

L Mei, Y Shi, F Cao, X Liu, XM Li, Z Xu… - … biomaterials science & …, 2021 - ACS Publications
This study proposes a novel multifunctional synergistic antibacterial phototherapy technique
for the rapid healing of bacteria-infected wounds. By binding PEGylated phthalocyanines to …

Polyethylenimine mediated silver nanoparticle-decorated magnetic graphene as a promising photothermal antibacterial agent

N Wang, B Hu, ML Chen, JH Wang - Nanotechnology, 2015 - iopscience.iop.org
A novel bactericidal material, Ag@ rGO-Fe 3 O 4-PEI composite is prepared by in situ growth
of silver nanoparticles onto the polyethylenimine (PEI)-mediated magnetic reduced …