Issue 28, 2019

Zinc phthalocyanine activated by conventional indoor light makes a highly efficient antimicrobial material from regular cellulose

Abstract

Zn phthalocyanine with improved synthesis suitable for bulk production shows extremely high antimicrobial efficacies even under weak indoor light. The dye-impregnated cellulose material inactivates over 99.996% of drug-resistant C. albicans, S. aureus and E. faecalis in just one hour exposure with consumer-grade fluorescent lamps and diodes.

Graphical abstract: Zinc phthalocyanine activated by conventional indoor light makes a highly efficient antimicrobial material from regular cellulose

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Article information

Article type
Paper
Submitted
31 May 2019
Accepted
21 Jun 2019
First published
21 Jun 2019
This article is Open Access
Creative Commons BY-NC license

J. Mater. Chem. B, 2019,7, 4379-4384

Zinc phthalocyanine activated by conventional indoor light makes a highly efficient antimicrobial material from regular cellulose

N. E. Grammatikova, L. George, Z. Ahmed, N. R. Candeias, N. A. Durandin and A. Efimov, J. Mater. Chem. B, 2019, 7, 4379 DOI: 10.1039/C9TB01095E

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