Light-activated anti-infective materials for healthcare
Photodynamic antimicrobial chemotherapy (PACT) employs the use of a photosensitiser (PS), light and oxygen to produce highly toxic singlet oxygen (1O2) and other reactive oxygen species, which are capable of reducing the microbial load either in a solution or on a material. In this thesis, hydrogel...
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Queen's University Belfast
2015
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| Online Access: | http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.695325 |