Expanding Our Horizons: AIE Materials in Bacterial Research
Advanced Materials,
Год журнала:
2024,
Номер
unknown
Опубликована: Сен. 9, 2024
Abstract
Bacteria
share
a
longstanding
and
complex
relationship
with
humans,
playing
role
in
protecting
gut
health
sustaining
the
ecosystem
to
cause
infectious
diseases
antibiotic
resistance.
Luminogenic
materials
that
aggregation‐induced
emission
(AIE)
characteristics
have
emerged
as
versatile
toolbox
for
bacterial
studies
through
fluorescence
visualization.
Numerous
research
efforts
highlight
superiority
of
AIE
this
field.
Recent
advances
are
categorized
into
four
areas:
understanding
interactions,
antibacterial
strategies,
diverse
applications,
synergistic
applications
bacteria.
Initial
focuses
on
visualizing
unseen
bacteria
progresses
developing
strategies
involving
electrostatic
amphiphilic
luminogens
(AIEgens),
various
enhance
affinity.
progress
includes
using
photodynamic
photothermal
therapies,
toxicity
studies,
combined
therapies.
Diverse
from
environmental
disinfection
disease
treatment,
utilizing
coatings,
sensors,
wound
healing
materials,
etc.,
also
provided.
Finally,
combining
achieve
enhanced
outcomes
explored.
This
review
summarizes
developmental
trend
is
expected
provide
future
directions
advancing
methodologies.
Язык: Английский
A pH‐Responsive, Surface Charge‐Switchable Nanosystem with Enhanced Biofilm Penetration for Synergistic Photodynamic and Antibiotic Therapy of Diabetic Wounds
Zhencheng Sun,
Minghui Xiao,
Shuyi Lv
и другие.
Advanced Functional Materials,
Год журнала:
2024,
Номер
unknown
Опубликована: Дек. 29, 2024
Abstract
Chronic
wounds,
particularly
those
associated
with
diabetes,
pose
a
significant
clinical
challenge
due
to
their
tendency
develop
biofilms
that
resist
conventional
antibiotic
treatments.
To
address
this
issue,
novel
therapeutic
strategy
utilizing
pH‐responsive
nanoparticles
loaded
aggregation‐induced
emission
photosensitizers
and
natural
saturated
fatty
acids
(AIE/LA@HMONs−PyB)
for
effective
biofilm
penetration
disruption
is
proposed.
Under
physiological
conditions,
AIE/LA@HMONs−PyB
are
negatively
charged.
Upon
accumulation
at
infected
sites,
however,
the
pyridine
betaine
group
on
surface
of
enables
rapid
protonation
charge
reversal
in
acidic
microenvironment,
thereby
enhancing
ability
penetrate
biofilm.
light
irradiation,
these
generate
reactive
oxygen
species
effectively
disrupt
structure.
This
process
synergistic
action
ciprofloxacin
lower
concentration,
achieving
an
exceptional
vitro
antibacterial
efficiency
99.99%
against
methicillin‐resistant
Staphylococcus
aureus
(
S.
)
biofilms.
Furthermore,
vivo
diabetic
wound
model,
therapy
accelerates
healing
by
reducing
inflammation,
promoting
angiogenesis,
collagen
regeneration.
The
enhanced
significantly
improves
efficacy
combined
approach,
offering
great
promise
advancing
chronic
patient
outcomes.
Язык: Английский
Highly Efficient Aggregation‐Induced Chiral TADF Molecules Exhibiting Prolonged Lifetime in Living Cells under Hypoxic Stress
Advanced Optical Materials,
Год журнала:
2024,
Номер
12(36)
Опубликована: Ноя. 18, 2024
Abstract
Thermally
activated
delayed
fluorescence
(TADF)
materials
have
garnered
significant
attention
as
potential
candidates
for
biological
photoluminescence
imaging.
However,
the
achievement
of
tunable
chiral
TADF
through
aggregated
and
self‐assembled
processes
remains
a
formidable
challenge.
In
this
study,
four
donor–acceptor–donor
type
molecules,
designed
by
directly
linking
electron‐donating
moieties
(phenoxazine,
phenothiazine
or
1‐phenyl‐1,2,3,4‐tetrahydroisoquinoline)
with
an
electron‐acceptor
unit
(diphenyl
sulfone),
promising
luminescent
imaging
applications
are
presented.
The
experimental
investigation
reveals
that
these
possess
remarkably
small
Δ
E
ST
values,
promoting
efficient
reverse
intersystem
crossing
(RISC).
Additionally,
they
exhibit
aggregation‐induced
emission
long‐delayed
lifetimes
affected
state.
Moreover,
deoxygenation
significantly
enhances
emission,
enabling
high‐contrast
hypoxia
probing,
which
shows
great
in
living
cells.
This
work
not
only
offers
molecular
design
strategy
but
also
extends
diverse
detection
field.
Язык: Английский