Silver nanoparticle-enhanced hybrid photosensitizer for photoinactivation of multidrug-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA)

Abstract

We report a type of silver nanoparticle-enhanced hybrid photosensitizers for photodynamic inactivation against MRSA with outstanding killing efficacy.

Document Details

Document Type
Pub Defense Publication
Publication Date
Jan 01, 2016
Source ID
10.1039/c6ra11072j

Entities

People

  • Hong Tang
  • Jinnan Zhang
  • Peng Wang
  • Peng Zhang
  • Rui Ding
  • Tevhide Ozkaya Ahmadov

Organizations

  • Congressionally Directed Medical Research Programs
  • United States Army
  • University of Cincinnati
  • Yusuf Hamied Department of Chemistry

Tags

Readers

  • Chemistry (specifically Chemical Fluorescence)
  • Microbial Pathology
  • Nanocomposite Materials Science

Technology Areas

  • Biotechnology