Antimicrobial nanonets for trap-and-kill treatment of antibiotic-resistant bacteria (Rachel EE, National University of Singapore, NUS) (IMAGE)

National University of Singapore

Antimicrobial nanonets for trap-and-kill treatment of antibiotic-resistant bacteria (Rachel EE, National University of Singapore, NUS)

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Schematic illustrates the stages in the bacteria-responsive formation of nanonets which trap and kill the microbes. Representative microscopy images show the nanonets entrapping two different disease-causing bacteria species.

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