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Photodynamic Therapy: Bacterium‐Templated Polymer for Self‐Selective Ablation of Multidrug‐Resistant Bacteria (Adv. Funct. Mater. 31/2020)
Author(s) -
Qi Guobin,
Hu Fang,
Chong Kok Chan,
Wu Min,
Gan Yunn Hwen,
Liu Bin
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
advanced functional materials
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 6.069
H-Index - 322
eISSN - 1616-3028
pISSN - 1616-301X
DOI - 10.1002/adfm.202070206
Subject(s) - materials science , bacteria , fluorescence , polymer , aggregation induced emission , photosensitizer , nanotechnology , aqueous solution , photodynamic therapy , biophysics , photochemistry , organic chemistry , chemistry , biology , optics , composite material , genetics , physics
In article number 2001338, Bin Liu and co‐workers report a material platform that exploits bacteria as a template to synthesize polymers with aggregation‐induced emission characteristics. The bacterium‐templated polymer shows very weak fluorescence in aqueous media and the fluorescence is turned on upon recognition of the templated bacteria. The incorporated aggregation‐induced emission fluorogens can act as an efficient photosensitizer, which endows the templated polymers with the ability to selectively kill bacteria.