Amphiphilic di-cationic methylene blue for improving antibacterial photodynamic efficiency through high accumulation and low aggregation on bacterial cell surfaces-Reference-Cited by-同舟云学术

Amphiphilic di-cationic methylene blue for improving antibacterial photodynamic efficiency through high accumulation and low aggregation on bacterial cell surfaces

Published:2023 Issue:1 Volume:13 Page:239-250
ISSN:2046-2069
Container-title:RSC Advances
language:en
Short-container-title:RSC Adv.

Author:

Zhang Hao¹,Xu Lixian²,Gu Xiaoxiao¹,Yu Dinghua¹^ORCID,Li Shuang¹

Affiliation:

1. College of Biotechnology and Pharmaceutical Engineering, Nanjing Tech University, Nanjing 211816, P. R. China

2. Department of Dermatology, The Second Affiliated Hospital of Nanjing Medical University, No. 121 Jiangjiayuan Road, Nanjing 210000, P. R. China

Abstract

Amphiphilic di-cationic photosensitizers C12-MB could accumulate over bacterial cells with lower aggregation due to planar stack possibility inhibition, which could enhance anti-bacterial photodynamic efficiency.

Funder

Six Talent Peaks Project in Jiangsu Province

Jiangsu National Synergistic Innovation Center for Advanced Materials

National Key Research and Development Program of China

Publisher

Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC)

Subject

General Chemical Engineering,General Chemistry

Link

http://pubs.rsc.org/en/content/articlepdf/2023/RA/D2RA06484G

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