| About this Abstract |
| Meeting |
2022 TMS Annual Meeting & Exhibition
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| Symposium
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Functional Nanomaterials: Functional Low-Dimensional (0D, 1D, 2D) Materials 2022
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| Presentation Title |
Mickey Mouse on NanoCaffeine |
| Author(s) |
Belinda Heyne |
| On-Site Speaker (Planned) |
Belinda Heyne |
| Abstract Scope |
As one of the most versatile reactive oxygen species, singlet oxygen, is at the forefront of a vast window of applications. In a medical context, production of singlet oxygen has been widely used in photodynamic therapy to kill cancerous tumors and microbial pathogens. Recently, growing attention has emerged on photodynamic inactivation (PDI) of bacteria. To allow a broad application of PDI, strategies to maximise singlet oxygen production remains to be developed. Nanoplasmonic materials offer one of the most promising strategies to improve the performances of current PDI by using light and metal nanoparticles, exploiting a phenomenon called “plasmon enhancement effect”. The overall goal of our research consists of building a fundamental knowledge concerning this effect by designing nanoscale model systems to kill bacteria. Herein, we present how the morphology and composition of plasmonic nanoparticles affects the extent of metal enhanced singlet oxygen production in a PDI of bacteria framework. |
| Proceedings Inclusion? |
Planned: |
| Keywords |
Nanotechnology, Surface Modification and Coatings, Other |