Issue 2, 2015
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Chemical Communications

Control of nanoparticle penetration into biofilms through surface design†

Xiaoning Li,a   Yi-Cheun Yeh,a   Karuna Giri,b   Rubul Mout,a   Ryan F. Landis,a   Y. S. Prakashcd  and  Vincent M. Rotello*a  

* Corresponding authors

a Department of Chemistry, University of Massachusetts, 710 North Pleasant Street, Amherst, USA
E-mail: rotello@chem.umass.edu

b Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Mayo Clinic College of Medicine, Rochester, Minnesota 55905, USA

c Department of Anesthesiology, Mayo Clinic College of Medicine, Rochester, Minnesota 55905, USA

d Department of Physiology and Biomedical Engineering, Mayo Clinic College of Medicine, Rochester, Minnesota 55905, USA

Abstract

Quantum dots were used as fluorescent probes to investigate nanoparticle penetration into biofilms. The particle penetration behavior was found to be controlled by surface chemical properties.

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DOI
https://doi.org/10.1039/C4CC07737G
Article type
Communication
Submitted
30 Sep 2014
Accepted
10 Nov 2014
First published
10 Nov 2014

Chem. Commun., 2015,51, 282-285

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Control of nanoparticle penetration into biofilms through surface design

X. Li, Y. Yeh, K. Giri, R. Mout, R. F. Landis, Y. S. Prakash and V. M. Rotello, Chem. Commun., 2015, 51, 282 DOI: 10.1039/C4CC07737G

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