Shining light on materials - A self-sterilising revolution

Advanced Drug Delivery Reviews

Volumn 65, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 570-580

  Noimark, Sacha ^a   Dunnill, Charles W ^a   Parkin, Ivan P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Antimicrobial surfaces; Doped TiO2; Doped titania; Functional materials and functional surfaces; Photocatalysis of microbes; Photodynamic therapy; Photosensitiser dyes; TiO2; Titania

Indexed keywords

ANTIMICROBIAL SURFACE; DOPED TITANIA; DOPED-TIO; FUNCTIONAL SURFACES; PHOTOSENSITISER; TIO; TITANIA;

BACTERIA; FUNCTIONAL MATERIALS; HEALTH CARE; MOLECULES; PHOTOCATALYSIS; PHOTODYNAMIC THERAPY; TITANIUM DIOXIDE;

SURFACES;

ACRIDINE ORANGE; BENZOPORPHYRIN DERIVATIVE; BIOMATERIAL; CHLOROPHYLL; FREE RADICAL; METHYLENE BLUE; PHENOTHIAZINE; PHOTOFRIN; PHOTOSENSITIZING AGENT; POLYMER; PORPHYRIN; ROSE BENGAL; TITANIUM DIOXIDE; TOLONIUM CHLORIDE;

ANTIMICROBIAL ACTIVITY; BACTERIUM ADHERENCE; COVALENT BOND; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HUMAN; LIGHT; MATERIAL COATING; NONHUMAN; PHOTODYNAMIC THERAPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SURFACE PROPERTY;

ANIMALS; HUMANS; LIGHT; MANUFACTURED MATERIALS; PHOTOSENSITIZING AGENTS; POLYMERS; STERILIZATION; SURFACE PROPERTIES; TITANIUM;

EID: 84877036803     PISSN: 0169409X     EISSN: 18728294     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.addr.2012.07.003     Document Type: Review

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