Control of nanoparticle penetration into biofilms through surface design.

Chem Commun (Camb)

Department of Chemistry, University of Massachusetts, 710 North Pleasant Street, Amherst, 01003, USA.

Published: August 2015

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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http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4258172PMC
http://dx.doi.org/10.1039/c4cc07737gDOI Listing

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