Rapid screening of the antimicrobial efficacy of Ag zeolites
- Submitting institution
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Manchester Metropolitan University
- Unit of assessment
- 12 - Engineering
- Output identifier
- 1820
- Type
- D - Journal article
- DOI
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10.1016/j.colsurfb.2017.06.001
- Title of journal
- Colloids and Surfaces B: Biointerfaces
- Article number
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- First page
- 254
- Volume
- 157
- Issue
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- ISSN
- 0927-7765
- Open access status
- Compliant
- Month of publication
- June
- Year of publication
- 2017
- URL
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http://e-space.mmu.ac.uk/618537/
- Supplementary information
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- Request cross-referral to
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- Output has been delayed by COVID-19
- No
- COVID-19 affected output statement
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- Forensic science
- No
- Criminology
- No
- Interdisciplinary
- No
- Number of additional authors
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5
- Research group(s)
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A - Advanced Materials
- Proposed double-weighted
- No
- Reserve for an output with double weighting
- No
- Additional information
- This interdisciplinary work reports the development of a rapid semi-quantitative screening method of the antimicrobial efficacy of materials of similar type. The method has been applied to two different types of zeolites, materials, which have been demonstrated advantageous as hosts for antimicrobials to provide materials with long-term activity, and the results have been verified by established quantitative assessment methods. The method, which substantially reduces labour, consumables and waste, is an important development in the era of increasing antimicrobial resistance. Results were subsequently presented in a plenary lecture at a Nanomaterials in Biotechnology Workshop in Qingdao, China (May 2018).
- Author contribution statement
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- Non-English
- No
- English abstract
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