Flexible antibacterial film deposited with polythiophene-porphyrin composite.

Liu, Libing; Chen, Jun; Wang, Shu · Adv Healthc Mater · 2013

basic_science · Level V

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Abstract

A flexible and transparent anti-bacterial film is prepared by depositing polyterthiophene incorporating porphyrin onto the poly(ethylene terephthalate) sheet by a simple and rapid oxidation polymerization method. The film can generate singlet oxygen by FRET from polyterthiophene to porphyrin to effectively kill the adsorbed bacteria under white light.

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