2019 journal article

Inherently self-sterilizing charged multiblock polymers that kill drug-resistant microbes in minutes

MATERIALS HORIZONS, 6(10), 2056–2062.

By: B. Peddinti n, F. Scholle n, M. Vargas n, S. Smith*, R. Ghiladi n & R. Spontak n

co-author countries: Netherlands 🇳🇱 United States of America 🇺🇸
Source: Web Of Science
Added: December 16, 2019

To combat the growing global healthcare threat from drug-resistant pathogens, we demonstrate that midblock-sulfonated block polymers can kill 99.9999% of “superbugs,” including bacteria and viruses, in just 5 minutes due to an abrupt pH reduction.