Caging cationic polymer brush-coated plasmonic nanostructures for traceable selective antimicrobial activities

• Main Authors: Ma, Jielin, Hou, Shuai, Lu, Derong, Zhang, Bo, Xiong, Qirong, Chan-Park, Mary B., Duan, Hongwei
• Other Authors: School of Chemical and Biomedical Engineering
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: 2022
• Subjects: Engineering::Chemical engineering; Anionic Block Copolymers; Caged Plasmonic Nanostructures
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/162102
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

Cationic polymers are under intense research to achieve prominent antimicrobial activity. However, the cellular and in vivo toxicity caused by nonspecific electrostatic interaction has become a major challenge for their practical applications. Here, the development of a "caging" strategy b...