Synergistic antibacterial strategy based on photodynamic therapy: Progress and perspectives

X Hu, H Zhang, Y Wang, BC Shiu, JH Lin… - Chemical Engineering …, 2022 - Elsevier
The dramatic increase in drug resistant bacteria resistance to existing conventional
antibiotics poses a great challenge to the effective treatment of infectious diseases …

Photosensitizers for photodynamic therapy

M Lan, S Zhao, W Liu, CS Lee… - Advanced healthcare …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
As an emerging clinical modality for cancer treatment, photodynamic therapy (PDT) takes
advantage of the cytotoxic activity of reactive oxygen species (ROS) that are generated by …

Stimuli‐Responsive antibacterial materials: molecular structures, design principles, and biomedical applications

X Wang, M Shan, S Zhang, X Chen, W Liu… - Advanced …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Infections are regarded as the most severe complication associated with human health,
which are urgent to be solved. Stimuli‐responsive materials are appealing therapeutic …

AIE-active luminogens as highly efficient free-radical ROS photogenerator for image-guided photodynamic therapy

Z Liu, Q Wang, W Qiu, Y Lyu, Z Zhu, X Zhao… - Chemical Science, 2022 - pubs.rsc.org
Image-guided photodynamic therapy (PDT) can realize highly precise and effective therapy
via the integration of imaging and therapy, and has created high requirements for …

Rejuvenated photodynamic therapy for bacterial infections

Q Jia, Q Song, P Li, W Huang - Advanced healthcare materials, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
The emergence of multidrug resistant bacterial strains has hastened the exploration of
advanced microbicides and antibacterial techniques. Photodynamic antibacterial therapy …

Killing G (+) or G (−) bacteria? The important role of molecular charge in AIE‐active photosensitizers

X Shi, SHP Sung, JHC Chau, Y Li, Z Liu… - Small …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Bacterial infections pose a serious threat to human health. Photodynamic therapy is an
effective medical treatment to solve the problems raised by antibiotic resistant bacteria. But it …

Nano-photosensitizers for enhanced photodynamic therapy

L Lin, X Song, X Dong, B Li - Photodiagnosis and Photodynamic Therapy, 2021 - Elsevier
Photodynamic therapy (PDT) utilizes photosensitizers (PSs) together with irradiation light of
specific wavelength interacting with oxygen to generate cytotoxic reactive oxygen species …

Revisiting imidazolium receptors for the recognition of anions: Highlighted research during 2010–2019

Y Hu, S Long, H Fu, Y She, Z Xu, J Yoon - Chemical Society Reviews, 2021 - pubs.rsc.org
Imidazolium based receptors selectively recognize anions, and have received more and
more attention. In 2006 and 2010, we reviewed the mechanism and progress of imidazolium …

Recent advances in superhydrophobic and antibacterial coatings for biomedical materials

L Wang, X Guo, H Zhang, Y Liu, Y Wang, K Liu… - Coatings, 2022 - mdpi.com
In recent years, biomedical materials have been used in the response to the emergence of
medical infections that pose a serious threat to the health and life of patients. The …

Highly effective inactivation of SARS-CoV-2 by conjugated polymers and oligomers

FA Monge, P Jagadesan, V Bondu… - … applied materials & …, 2020 - ACS Publications
In the present study, we examined the inactivation of severe acute respiratory syndrome
coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) by synthetic conjugated polymers and oligomers developed in …