Issue 90, 2013
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Chemical Communications

Honeycomb-patterned phthalocyanine films with photo-active antibacterial activities†

Xinyu Zhou,ab   Zihui Chen,a   Yuzhen Wang,b   Yi Guo,b   Chen-Ho Tung,a   Fushi Zhang*a  and  Xuewu Liu*b  

* Corresponding authors

a Department of Chemistry, Ministry of Education, Key Lab of Organic Photoelectrons & Molecular Engineering, Tsinghua University, Beijing, People's Republic of China
E-mail: zhangfs@mail.tsinghua.edu.cn

b Department of Nanomedicine, Houston Methodist Research Institute, 6670 Bertner Ave, Houston, TX 77030, USA
E-mail: xliu@tmhs.org

Abstract

We report honeycomb-patterned phthalocyanine (Pc) films fabricated by self-assembly of dodecyloxy-azo-Zinc phthalocyanine (daZnPc) using the breath figure (BF) technique. These ultrathin Pc films exhibit a robust photo-dependent antibacterial effect against Escherichia coli (E. coli).

Graphical abstract: Honeycomb-patterned phthalocyanine films with photo-active antibacterial activities

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DOI
https://doi.org/10.1039/C3CC42085J
Article type
Communication
Submitted
21 Mar 2013
Accepted
18 Sep 2013
First published
19 Sep 2013

Chem. Commun., 2013,49, 10614-10616

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Honeycomb-patterned phthalocyanine films with photo-active antibacterial activities

X. Zhou, Z. Chen, Y. Wang, Y. Guo, C. Tung, F. Zhang and X. Liu, Chem. Commun., 2013, 49, 10614 DOI: 10.1039/C3CC42085J

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