Mechanistic Insight into the Antibacterial Activity of Chitosan Exfoliated MoS2 Nanosheets: Membrane Damage, Metabolic Inactivation, and Oxidative Stress

• Published in: ACS applied bio materials Vol. 2; no. 7; pp. 2738 - 2755
• Main Authors: Roy, Shounak, Mondal, Anupam, Yadav, Varnika, Sarkar, Ankita, Banerjee, Ruptanu, Sanpui, Pallab, Jaiswal, Amit
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: American Chemical Society 15.07.2019
• Subjects: metabolic inactivation; MoS2 nanosheet; chitosan; antibiofilm; antibacterial; membrane damage; oxidative stress

Two-dimensional molybdenum disulfide (MoS2) based nanosheets functionalized or loaded with an antimicrobial agent have recently attracted attention as highly efficient antibacterial agent. MoS2 sheets act as the photothermal transducers in inducing bacterial cell death on impingement of NIR radiatio...