Nature Communications (Jan 2021)

Nanohole-boosted electron transport between nanomaterials and bacteria as a concept for nano–bio interactions

  • Tonglei Shi,
  • Xuan Hou,
  • Shuqing Guo,
  • Lei Zhang,
  • Changhong Wei,
  • Ting Peng,
  • Xiangang Hu

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-020-20547-9
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 12, no. 1
pp. 1 – 15

Abstract

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Nanomaterials have attracted attention as antibacterial agents and have several modes of action. Here, the authors report on 2D transition metal disulphide nanosheets with hole boosted electron donation/withdrawal for enhanced antibacterial and biofilm activity caused by electron damage.