Antibacterial activity of graphite, graphite oxide, graphene oxide, and reduced graphene oxide: Membrane and oxidative stress

ACS Nano

Volumn 5, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 6971-6980

  Liu, Shaobin ^a   Zeng, Tingying Helen ^b   Hofmann, Mario ^c   Burcombe, Ehdi ^c   Wei, Jun ^d   Jiang, Rongrong ^a   Kong, Jing ^b,c   Chen, Yuan ^a  

^a Nanyang Technological University   (Singapore)

^b Research Laboratory of Electronics   (United States)

^c MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^d SINGAPORE INSTITUTE OF MANUFACTURING TECHNOLOGY   (Singapore)

Author keywords

bacterial cytotoxicity; grapheme; graphene oxide; membrane and oxidative stress; reduced graphene oxide

Indexed keywords

ANTI-BACTERIAL ACTIVITY; ANTIMICROBIAL ACTION; AVERAGE SIZE; BACTERIAL CYTOTOXICITY; CELL DEPOSITION; DIRECT CONTACT; ENVIRONMENTAL RISKS; GLUTATHIONES; GRAPHEME; GRAPHITE OXIDE; MEMBRANE STRESS; OXIDATION CAPACITY; PHYSICOCHEMICAL PROPERTY; POTENTIAL APPLICATIONS; REACTIVE OXYGEN SPECIES; REDOX STATE; REDUCED GRAPHENE OXIDE; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPES; SEM IMAGE; SUPEROXIDE ANIONS; SUPEROXIDES;

BACTERIA; BACTERIOLOGY; CARBON NANOTUBES; CELL MEMBRANES; CYTOLOGY; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FUNCTIONAL GROUPS; GRAPHITE; HEALTH RISKS; MEMBRANES; NANOSHEETS; OXIDATION; OXYGEN; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

GRAPHENE;

ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; GLUTATHIONE; GRAPHITE; REACTIVE OXYGEN METABOLITE;

ARTICLE; CELL MEMBRANE; DRUG EFFECT; ESCHERICHIA COLI; LIGHT; METABOLISM; OXIDATIVE STRESS; RADIATION SCATTERING; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; CELL MEMBRANE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GLUTATHIONE; GRAPHITE; LIGHT; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; OXIDATIVE STRESS; REACTIVE OXYGEN SPECIES; SCATTERING, RADIATION;

EID: 80053318851     PISSN: 19360851     EISSN: 1936086X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/nn202451x     Document Type: Article

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