Publications by authors named "Victoriia Raks"
Article Synopsis
- Recent advancements in nanotechnology have focused on creating microbiocidal nanoparticles that can disrupt biofilms, specifically looking into trimeric thiomannoside clusters linked to nanodiamond particles (NDs).
- The study utilized a "click" chemistry approach to effectively conjugate thiomannoside clusters to NDs, discovering that these ND-Man3 particles significantly inhibited E. coli adhesion and biofilm formation.
- The researchers also found that the standalone tri-thiomannoside cluster (Man3N3) is an effective inhibitor, suggesting that investigating other sugar-based analogues could yield additional strategies for disrupting E. coli biofilms.
