De Rosa M, Vigliotta G, Soriente A, Capaccio V, Gorrasi G, Adami R, Reverchon E, Mella M, Izzo L. “Leaching or not leaching”: an alternative approach to antimicrobial materials via copolymers containing crown ethers as active groups.
Biomater Sci 2017;
5:741-751. [DOI:
10.1039/c6bm00950f]
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Abstract
New copolymers containing MMA and 18C6 crown-ether pendants, with or without a PEG arm, were synthesized to check if sequestering structural alkali-earth ions from the bacterial outer membrane (OM) may lead to bacterial death.
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