Complejos conjugados de polímero/porfirina para transferencia eficiente de energía y mejora de la actividad

Chengfen Xing1, Qingling Xu, Hongwei Tang

  • 1Beijing National Laboratory for Molecular Sciences, Institute of Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100190, People's Republic of China.

Resumen

Nuevos materiales activados por la luz combaten la resistencia a los antibióticos. Un complejo de politiofeno-porfirina genera oxígeno singlete para matar bacterias, lo que es prometedor para las terapias de inactivación fotodinámica.

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