title: Highly effective photodynamic inactivation of E. coli using gold nanorods/SiO2 core-shell nanostructures with embedded verteporfin.
abstract: The potential of gold nanorods post-coated with a 20 nm silica shell loaded with verteporfin (Au NRs@SiO2-VP) as efficient near-infrared nanostructures for photodynamic therapy under continuous wave and pulsed-mode excitation to eradicate a virulent strain of E. coli associated with urinary tract infection is described.
authors.affiliation: Institute d'Electronique, de Microélectronique et de Nanotechnologie (IEMN, UMR CNRS 8520), Université Lille 1, Avenue Poincaré, BP 60069, 59652 Villeneuve d'Ascq, France. sabine.szunerits@iri.univ-lille1.fr.
authors.forename: Kostiantyn
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Turcheniuk
authors.affiliation: Institute d'Electronique, de Microélectronique et de Nanotechnologie (IEMN, UMR CNRS 8520), Université Lille 1, Avenue Poincaré, BP 60069, 59652 Villeneuve d'Ascq, France. sabine.szunerits@iri.univ-lille1.fr and Taras Shevchenko University, 60 Vladimirskaya str., Kiev, Ukraine.
authors.forename: Volodymyr
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Turcheniuk
authors.affiliation: Laboratoire de Physique des Lasers, Atomes et Molécules (PhLAM), Université Lille 1, CNRS UMR 8523, 59655 Villeneuve d'Ascq, France.
authors.forename: Charles-Henri
authors.initials: CH
authors.lastname: Hage
authors.affiliation: Unité de Glycobiologie Structurale et Fonctionnelle (UGSF), Université Lille 1, CNRS UMR 8576, 59655 Villeneuve d'Ascq, France.
authors.forename: Tetiana
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Dumych
authors.affiliation: Danylo Halytsky Lviv National Medical University, Lviv, Ukraine.
authors.forename: Rostyslav
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Bilyy
authors.affiliation: Unité de Glycobiologie Structurale et Fonctionnelle (UGSF), Université Lille 1, CNRS UMR 8576, 59655 Villeneuve d'Ascq, France.
authors.forename: Julie
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Bouckaert
authors.affiliation: Laboratoire de Physique des Lasers, Atomes et Molécules (PhLAM), Université Lille 1, CNRS UMR 8523, 59655 Villeneuve d'Ascq, France.
authors.forename: Laurent
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Héliot
authors.affiliation: Taras Shevchenko University, 60 Vladimirskaya str., Kiev, Ukraine and Chemistry Department, Pontifical Catholic University of Rio de Janeiro, Rua Marques de Sao Vicente, 225-Gavea, Rio de Janeiro, 22451-900, Brazil.
authors.forename: Vladimir
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Zaitsev
authors.affiliation: Institute d'Electronique, de Microélectronique et de Nanotechnologie (IEMN, UMR CNRS 8520), Université Lille 1, Avenue Poincaré, BP 60069, 59652 Villeneuve d'Ascq, France. sabine.szunerits@iri.univ-lille1.fr.
authors.forename: Rabah
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Boukherroub
authors.affiliation: Institute d'Electronique, de Microélectronique et de Nanotechnologie (IEMN, UMR CNRS 8520), Université Lille 1, Avenue Poincaré, BP 60069, 59652 Villeneuve d'Ascq, France. sabine.szunerits@iri.univ-lille1.fr.
authors.forename: Sabine
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Szunerits
mesh_terms: D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents / Q000737:chemistry / Q000494:pharmacology*; D004926:Escherichia coli / Q000187:drug effects*; D006046:Gold / Q000737:chemistry / Q000494:pharmacology*; D043942:Nanotubes / Q000737:chemistry*; D010100:Oxygen / Q000737:chemistry; D010778:Photochemotherapy; D017319:Photosensitizing Agents / Q000737:chemistry / Q000494:pharmacology*; D011166:Porphyrins / Q000737:chemistry / Q000494:pharmacology*; D012822:Silicon Dioxide / Q000737:chemistry / Q000494:pharmacology*; D000077362:Verteporfin
chemical_list: D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents; D017319:Photosensitizing Agents; D011166:Porphyrins; D000077362:Verteporfin; D006046:Gold; D012822:Silicon Dioxide; D010100:Oxygen