Facet nanoarchitectonics of visible-light driven Ag3PO4 photocatalytic micromotors: Tuning motion for biofilm eradication
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2022-12-01
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Rojas Tizón, José Daniel
Kuthanová, Michaela
Číhalová, Kristýna
Pumera, Martin
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Mark
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NATURE PORTFOLIO
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The customized design of micro-/nanomotors represents one of the main research topics in the field of micro-/nanomotors; however, the effects of different crystal facets on micromotor movement are often neglected. In this work, self-propelled amorphous, cubic, and tetrahedral Ag3PO4 particles were synthetized using a scalable precipitation method. Their programmable morphologies exhibited different motion properties under fuel-free and surfactant-free conditions and visible light irradiation. Differences in these motion properties were observed according to morphology and correlated with photocatalytic activity. Moreover, Ag3PO4 micromotors are inherently fluorescent, which allows fluorescence-based tracking. Furthermore, bacterial biofilms represent a major concern in modern society since most of them are antibiotic resistant. The as-prepared self-propelled particles exhibited morphologically dependent antibiofilm activities toward gram-positive and gram-negative bacteria. The enhanced diffusion of the particles promoted biofilm removal in comparison with static control experiments, realizing the possibility of a new class of light-driven biofilm-eradicating micromotors that do not require the use of both H2O2 and UV light. Self-propelled amorphous, cubic, and tetrahedral Ag3PO4 micromotors were synthetized using a scalable precipitation method for antibacterial applications. Their programmable morphologies exhibited different motion properties under fuel-free and surfactant-free conditions and visible light irradiation. Differences in these motion properties were observed according to morphology and correlated with photocatalytic activity. Ag3PO4 micromotors are inherently fluorescent. The as-prepared self-propelled particles exhibited morphologically dependent antibiofilm activities toward eradication of gram-positive and gram-negative bacteria.
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NPG Asia Materials. 2022, vol. 14, issue 1, p. 63-.
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41427-022-00409-0
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41427-022-00409-0
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en