no code implementations • 5 Jan 2021 • Amy Contreras, Michael J. Raxworthy, Simon Wood, Jessica D. Schiffman, Giuseppe Tronci
With the rising trend in antibiotic resistance, there is a pressing clinical need for new antimicrobial chemistries and biomaterial design approaches enabling on-demand activation of antibiotic-free antimicrobial functionality following an infection that are environment-friendly, flexible and commercially-viable.
no code implementations • 5 Jan 2021 • Amy Contreras, Michael J. Raxworthy, Simon Wood, Giuseppe Tronci
Photodynamically active fibres (PAFs) are a novel class of stimulus-sensitive systems capable of triggering antibiotic-free antibacterial effect on-demand when exposed to light.