In Situ Generation of Azonia-Containing Polyelectrolytes for Luminescent Photopatterning and Superbug Killing

• DOI: 10.1021/jacs.9b04757
• Publication Date: 2019-06-20T18:04:12Z
• Authors: Xiaolin Liu; Mengge Li; Ting Han; Bing Cao; Zijie Qiu; Yuanyuan Li; Qiyao Li; Yubing Hu; Zhiyang Liu; Jacky W. Y. Lam; Xianglong Hu; Ben Zhong Tang
• Keywords: Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus; Luminescence; Molecular Structure; Microbial Sensitivity Tests; Photochemical Processes; Amides; Polyelectrolytes; 01 natural sciences; Anti-Bacterial Agents; 3. Good health; 0104 chemical sciences; Reactive Oxygen Species

Polyelectrolytes play an important role in both natural biological systems and human society, their synthesis, functional exploration, profound application are thus essential for biomimicry creating new materials. In this study, we developed efficient synthetic methodology situ generation of azonia-containing polyelectrolytes a one-pot manner by using readily accessible nonionic reactant the presence commercially available cheap ionic species. The resulting emissive solid state can form luminescent photopatterns with different colors. possess extraordinary potency reactive oxygen species (ROS) generation, enabling them to impressively kill methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA), drug resistant superbug, vitro vivo.