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ArticleNature communications2020

Photobactericidal activity activated by thiolated gold nanoclusters at low flux levels of white light.

Gi Byoung Hwang, He Huang, Gaowei Wu, Juhun Shin, Andreas Kafizas, Kersti Karu, Hendrik Du Toit, Abdullah M Alotaibi, Layla Mohammad-Hadi, Elaine Allan and 3 more

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Article in Nature communications, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 25 papers.

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0cells of the map it votes in
25citing papers in PubMed
4.0field-weighted citation impact, top 5% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

25 citing papers in PubMed, 79 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

13 authors at 4 institutions in 1 country.

Gi Byoung HwangMaterials Chemistry Research Centre, Department of Chemistry, University College London, 20 Gordon Street, London, WC1H 0AJ, UK.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-0874-8390
He HuangDepartment of Chemical Engineering, University College London, Torrington Place, London, WC1E 7JE, UK.
Gaowei WuDepartment of Chemical Engineering, University College London, Torrington Place, London, WC1E 7JE, UK.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-7958-7323
Juhun ShinMaterials Chemistry Research Centre, Department of Chemistry, University College London, 20 Gordon Street, London, WC1H 0AJ, UK.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-1955-6220
Andreas KafizasDepartment of Chemistry, Imperial College London, Molecular Science Research Hub, White City Campus, 80 Wood Lane, London, W12 OBZ, UK.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-2282-4639
Kersti KaruMaterials Chemistry Research Centre, Department of Chemistry, University College London, 20 Gordon Street, London, WC1H 0AJ, UK.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-3974-0271
Hendrik Du ToitDepartment of Chemical Engineering, University College London, Torrington Place, London, WC1E 7JE, UK.
Abdullah M AlotaibiMaterials Chemistry Research Centre, Department of Chemistry, University College London, 20 Gordon Street, London, WC1H 0AJ, UK.
Layla Mohammad-HadiUCL Division of Surgery and Interventional Science, Royal Free Campus, Rowland Hill Street, London, NW3 2PF, UK.
Elaine AllanDepartment of Microbial Diseases, UCL Eastman Dental Institute, University College London, 256 Grays Inn Road, London, WC1X 8LD, UK.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-2703-7933
Alexander J MacRobertUCL Division of Surgery and Interventional Science, Royal Free Campus, Rowland Hill Street, London, NW3 2PF, UK.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-3303-4480
Asterios GavriilidisDepartment of Chemical Engineering, University College London, Torrington Place, London, WC1E 7JE, UK.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-3508-5043
Ivan P ParkinMaterials Chemistry Research Centre, Department of Chemistry, University College London, 20 Gordon Street, London, WC1H 0AJ, UK. i.p.parkin@ucl.ac.uk.
University College London · GBThe Royal Free Hospital · GBEastman Dental Hospital · GBImperial Consultants · GB

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The emergence of antibiotic resistant bacteria is a major threat to the practice of modern medicine. Photobactericidal agents have obtained significant attention as promising candidates to kill bacteria, and they have been extensively studied. However, to obtain photobactericidal activity, an intense white light source or UV-activation is usually required. Here we report a photobactericidal polymer containing crystal violet (CV) and thiolated gold nanocluster ([Au

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LightEscherichia coliGentian VioletGoldMicrobial Sensitivity TestsNanoparticlesPhotoelectron SpectroscopyReactive Oxygen SpeciesSulfhydryl CompoundsGentian VioletGoldReactive Oxygen SpeciesSulfhydryl Compounds

Identifiers

PMID32139700
PMCPMC7057968
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