Photoactive antimicrobial coating based on a PEDOT-fullerene C<sub>60</sub> polymeric dyad
Eugenia Reynoso, Andrés M. Durantini, Claudia Solís, Lorena Macor, Luís Otero, Miguel Gervaldo, Edgardo N. Durantini, Daniel A. Heredia
Abstract
surfaces resulted in a photokilling >99.9% after visible light irradiation. Our results demonstrated that these antimicrobial photodynamic polymeric films are a promising and versatile platform to photoinactivate microorganisms and to obtain photostable self-sterilizing surfaces.
Topics & Concepts
FullereneDyadPEDOT:PSSAntimicrobialCoatingMaterials sciencePolymer chemistryChemistryChemical engineeringNanotechnologyPolymerPhotochemistryOrganic chemistryEngineeringPsychologySocial psychologyFullerene Chemistry and ApplicationsPolymer Nanocomposite Synthesis and IrradiationGraphene and Nanomaterials Applications