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Silver‐Laden Black Phosphorus Nanosheets for an Efficient In Vivo Antimicrobial Application
Author(s) -
Liang Meijuan,
Zhang Minyi,
Yu Shanshan,
Wu Qiong,
Ma Kang,
Chen Yingying,
Liu Xiaoqing,
Li Chunsen,
Wang Fuan
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
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Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 3.785
H-Index - 236
eISSN - 1613-6829
pISSN - 1613-6810
DOI - 10.1002/smll.201905938
Subject(s) - nanosheet , black phosphorus , nanotechnology , nanomaterials , antimicrobial , materials science , reactive oxygen species , silver nanoparticle , in vivo , nanoparticle , chemistry , combinatorial chemistry , biology , microbiology and biotechnology , biochemistry , organic chemistry , optoelectronics
Nanobactericides represent one of the most efficient and promising strategies for eliminating bacterial infection considering the increasing resistance threats of conventional antibiotics. Black phosphorus (BP) is the most exciting postgraphene layered 2D nanomaterial with convincing physiochemical properties, yet the study of BP‐based antibiotics is still in its infancy. Here, a compact silver nanoparticle (AgNP)–doped black phosphorus nanosheet (BPN) is constructed to synergistically enhance solar disinfection through the promoted reactive oxygen species (ROS) photogeneration, which is attributed to the improved electron–hole separation and recombination of BPNs as revealed from the systematic experimental studies. An in‐depth density functional theory (DFT) calculation confirms that the integrated AgNPs provide a preferred site for facilitating the adsorption and activation of O 2 , thus promoting the more efficient and robust ROS generation on BPN–AgNP nanohybrids. Besides the enhanced photoinduced ROS, the anchored AgNPs simultaneously lead to a dramatically increased affinity toward bacteria, which facilitates a synergetic pathogen inactivation. Significantly, the convincing antimicrobial BPN–AgNP contributes to the prominent wound healing and antimicrobial ability in vivo with minimized biological burden. This sophisticated design of new 2D nanohybrids opens a new avenue for further exploiting BP‐based nanohybrids in portable bandage and broad‐spectrum disinfection applications.