title: Flexible antibacterial film deposited with polythiophene-porphyrin composite.
abstract: A flexible and transparent anti-bacterial film is prepared by depositing polyterthiophene incorporating porphyrin onto the poly(ethylene terephthalate) sheet by a simple and rapid oxidation polymerization method. The film can generate singlet oxygen by FRET from polyterthiophene to porphyrin to effectively kill the adsorbed bacteria under white light.
authors.affiliation: Beijing National Laboratory for Molecular Sciences, Key Laboratory of Organic Solids, Institute of Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100190, P. R. China. liulibing@iccas.ac.cn.
authors.forename: Libing
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Liu
authors.forename: Jun
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Chen
authors.forename: Shu
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Wang
mesh_terms: D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000494:pharmacology; D004926:Escherichia coli / Q000187:drug effects; D050296:Microbial Viability / Q000187:drug effects; D011108:Polymers / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000494:pharmacology; D011166:Porphyrins / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000494:pharmacology; D013876:Thiophenes / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000494:pharmacology
chemical_list: D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents; D011108:Polymers; D011166:Porphyrins; D013876:Thiophenes; C066730:polythiophene
keywords: E. coli; antibacterial activity; conjugated polymers; films; porphyrin