Biodegradable nanostructures with selective lysis of microbial membranes

Nature Chemistry

Volumn 3, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 409-414

  Nederberg, Fredrik ^a,e   Zhang, Ying ^b   Tan, Jeremy P K ^b   Xu, Kaijin ^c   Wang, Huaying ^c   Yang, Chuan ^b   Gao, Shujun ^b   Guo, Xin Dong ^d   Fukushima, Kazuki ^a   Li, Lanjuan ^c   Hedrick, James L ^a   Yang, Yi Yan ^b  

^a IBM ALMADEN RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^b INSTITUTE OF BIOENGINEERING AND NANOTECHNOLOGY   (Singapore)

^c ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^d SOUTH CHINA UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^e DUPONT COMPANY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NANOMATERIAL;

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM; CELL MEMBRANE; FUNGUS; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

BACTERIA; CELL MEMBRANE; FUNGI; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, TRANSMISSION; NANOSTRUCTURES;

EID: 79955113253     PISSN: 17554330     EISSN: 17554349     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nchem.1012     Document Type: Article

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