Narrow band gap conjugated polyelectrolytes for photothermal killing of bacteria1. Issue 37 (7th October 2015)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Feng, Guangxue; Mai, Cheng-Kang; Zhan, Ruoyu; Bazan, Guillermo C.; Liu, Bin
• Is Part Of: Journal of materials chemistry. Volume 3:Issue 37(2015)
• Page Start: 7340
• Page End: 7346
• Publication Date: 2015-10-07
• Subjects: Materials -- Periodicals; Chemistry, Analytic -- Periodicals; Biomedical materials -- Research -- Periodicals; 543.0284
• DOI: 10.1039/c5tb01118c
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 2050-750X

Abstract

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