Active Light-powered antibiofilm ZnO micromotors with chemically programmable properties

Result code in IS VaVaI
<a href="https://www.isvavai.cz/riv?ss=detail&h=RIV%2F00216305%3A26620%2F21%3APU141240" target="_blank" >RIV/00216305:26620/21:PU141240 - isvavai.cz</a>
Alternative codes found
RIV/62156489:43210/21:43919731 RIV/62157124:16810/21:43879127
Result on the web
<a href="https://doi.org/10.1002/adfm.202101178" target="_blank" >https://doi.org/10.1002/adfm.202101178</a>
DOI - Digital Object Identifier
<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/adfm.202101178" target="_blank" >10.1002/adfm.202101178</a>

Result language
angličtina
Original language name
Active Light-powered antibiofilm ZnO micromotors with chemically programmable properties
Original language description
Bacterial biofilms are multicellular communities firmly attached to solid extracellular substrates. They are considered the primary cause of huge economic losses, from medicine due to medical implants' failure to large infrastructure due to enhanced pipe corrosion. Therefore, their eradication is highly desirable. Here, the preparation of ZnO self-propelled micromotors is reported, programming their morphology and motion properties through Ag doping. The ZnO:Ag micromotors actively move upon light irradiation via a self-electrophoretic mechanism, showing excellent light-controlled on/off switching motion. At the same time, the rapid and effective removal of both gram-positive and gram-negative bacteria biofilms from the solid surface is demonstrated, exploiting the well-known antibacterial activity of both Ag and ZnO as well as the enhanced diffusion of the micromotors. The new concept for the low-cost and scalable preparation of chemically programmable Ag-doped ZnO micromotors here illustrated opens a new route toward the formulation of a new class of light-driven semiconducting self-propelled micromotors for environmental applications.
Czech name
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Czech description
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Type
J<sub>imp</sub> - Article in a specialist periodical, which is included in the Web of Science database
CEP classification
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OECD FORD branch
10402 - Inorganic and nuclear chemistry

Project
Result was created during the realization of more than one project. More information in the Projects tab.
Continuities
P - Projekt vyzkumu a vyvoje financovany z verejnych zdroju (s odkazem do CEP)<br>I - Institucionalni podpora na dlouhodoby koncepcni rozvoj vyzkumne organizace

Publication year
2021
Confidentiality
S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

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