Water-soluble PANI:PSS designed for spontaneous non-disruptive membrane penetration and direct intracellular photothermal damage on bacteria

The major challenge in the field of antibacterial agents is to overcome the low-permeability of bacteria cell membranes that protects the cells against diverse drugs. In this work, water-soluble polyaniline (PANI)-poly (p-styrenesulfonic acid) (PSS) (PANI:PSS) is found to spontaneously penetrate bac...

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Main Authors: Huanfeng Tang, Yifan Liu, Bing Li, Bo Shang, Jiacheng Yang, Congrou Zhang, Lijun Yang, Kezheng Chen, Wei Wang, Jianfeng Liu
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: KeAi Communications Co., Ltd. 2021-12-01
Series:Bioactive Materials
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Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2452199X21002395