A multifunctional probe with aggregation-induced emission characteristics for selective fluorescence imaging and photodynamic killing of bacteria over mammalian cells

• Main Authors: Gao, Meng, Hu, Qinglian, Feng, Guangxue, Tomczak, Nikodem, Liu, Rongrong, Xing, Bengang, Tang, Ben Zhong, Liu, Bin
• Other Authors: School of Physical and Mathematical Sciences
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: 2015
• Subjects: DRNTU::Engineering::Materials
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/103972; http://hdl.handle.net/10220/24622
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

A multifunctional probe aggregation-induced emission-Zinc(II)-dipicolylamine (AIE-ZnDPA) is developed for selective targeting, fluorescence imaging, and photodynamic killing of both Gram-positive and Gram-negative bacteria over mammalian cells. The probe has significant advantages in simple probe de...