Enhanced photothermal bactericidal activity of chemically reduced graphene oxide stabilized by tripodal amphiphile

Reduced graphene oxide today

“…57 Microwave-and photo-assisted procedures 58,59 are further used to assist the thermal reduction method as they present the advantage of rapid and uniform heating of substances using microwave ovens and photo-irradiation with various lasers. Additionally, RGO exhibits not only good absorption properties over the whole spectrum (even a single-layer of RGO can absorb a significant amount of light in the visible and near infrared range [60][61][62][63] ), but it also possesses functional groups that could make it dispersible in a variety of solvents of interest (it is worth noting that RGO tends to aggregate during the reduction process and therefore much research is dedicated not only to reduction but also to stabilization of RGO using various methodologies [64][65][66][67][68][69][70][71][72][73] ). As we will further see in this work, these amazing graphene-like properties of RGO have been recently exploited in a plethora of (hierarchically) assembled structures that were incorporated in innovative applications within a wide range of science and technology branches (Scheme 1).…”

Emerging trends and future challenges of advanced 2D nanomaterials for combating bacterial resistance

“…), metal chalcogenides (Bi 2 S 3 , MoS 2 , CuS, Sb 2 Se 3 , etc. ), LDH-based compounds, BP nanosheets, and carbon-based NMs [ 163 , 164 ]. Among 2D carbon-based NMs, reduced graphene oxide (rGO) nanosheets are the most utilized photothermal disinfecting nano-agents.…”

Photothermal extracellular matrix based nanocomposite films and their effect on the osteogenic differentiation of BMSCs

“…In the biomedical field, at present, the application of nanophotothermal materials is mainly in the anti-cancer and anti-bacterial treatment. [41][42][43][44][45] However, nanophotothermal materials also hold great promise for tissue repair. Compared with other heat generation methods, heat generated by nanophotothermal materials is easier to be confined in a specific area, and its heat generation can be regulated by the time and intensity of illumination.…”