Flexible organic light-emitting diodes for antimicrobial photodynamic therapy

OLED is ready for photodynamic therapy Flexible OLED technology is becoming increasingly mature and is ready to open new directions in antimicrobial photodynamic therapy. An international team led by Prof Ifor Samuel from University of St Andrews, UK presents a comprehensive study to show that flexi...

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Autores principales:	Cheng Lian, Marta Piksa, Kou Yoshida, Saydulla Persheyev, Krzysztof J. Pawlik, Katarzyna Matczyszyn, Ifor D. W. Samuel
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Publicado:	Nature Portfolio 2019
Materias:	Electronics TK7800-8360 Materials of engineering and construction. Mechanics of materials TA401-492
Acceso en línea:	https://doaj.org/article/7f51a8c026584078904589c2901623a8
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spelling	oai:doaj.org-article:7f51a8c026584078904589c2901623a82021-12-02T13:43:49ZFlexible organic light-emitting diodes for antimicrobial photodynamic therapy10.1038/s41528-019-0058-02397-4621https://doaj.org/article/7f51a8c026584078904589c2901623a82019-09-01T00:00:00Zhttps://doi.org/10.1038/s41528-019-0058-0https://doaj.org/toc/2397-4621OLED is ready for photodynamic therapy Flexible OLED technology is becoming increasingly mature and is ready to open new directions in antimicrobial photodynamic therapy. An international team led by Prof Ifor Samuel from University of St Andrews, UK presents a comprehensive study to show that flexible organic light-emitting diodes (OLEDs) are ideal light sources to be used in photodynamic therapy to kill bacteria. They design the OLED device structure to enable large area, high uniformity, low driving voltage, long operational lifetime, adequate shelf-life and colour tunability and address all the requirements of photodynamic therapy. Actual biological experiments show killing rates of more than 99% for S. aureus bacteria. The approach clearly demonstrates the huge potential of OLEDs for treatment of bacterial infections and future wearable healthcare devices.Cheng LianMarta PiksaKou YoshidaSaydulla PersheyevKrzysztof J. PawlikKatarzyna MatczyszynIfor D. W. SamuelNature PortfolioarticleElectronicsTK7800-8360Materials of engineering and construction. Mechanics of materialsTA401-492ENnpj Flexible Electronics, Vol 3, Iss 1, Pp 1-6 (2019)
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spellingShingle	Electronics TK7800-8360 Materials of engineering and construction. Mechanics of materials TA401-492 Cheng Lian Marta Piksa Kou Yoshida Saydulla Persheyev Krzysztof J. Pawlik Katarzyna Matczyszyn Ifor D. W. Samuel Flexible organic light-emitting diodes for antimicrobial photodynamic therapy
description	OLED is ready for photodynamic therapy Flexible OLED technology is becoming increasingly mature and is ready to open new directions in antimicrobial photodynamic therapy. An international team led by Prof Ifor Samuel from University of St Andrews, UK presents a comprehensive study to show that flexible organic light-emitting diodes (OLEDs) are ideal light sources to be used in photodynamic therapy to kill bacteria. They design the OLED device structure to enable large area, high uniformity, low driving voltage, long operational lifetime, adequate shelf-life and colour tunability and address all the requirements of photodynamic therapy. Actual biological experiments show killing rates of more than 99% for S. aureus bacteria. The approach clearly demonstrates the huge potential of OLEDs for treatment of bacterial infections and future wearable healthcare devices.
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title	Flexible organic light-emitting diodes for antimicrobial photodynamic therapy
title_short	Flexible organic light-emitting diodes for antimicrobial photodynamic therapy
title_full	Flexible organic light-emitting diodes for antimicrobial photodynamic therapy
title_fullStr	Flexible organic light-emitting diodes for antimicrobial photodynamic therapy
title_full_unstemmed	Flexible organic light-emitting diodes for antimicrobial photodynamic therapy
title_sort	flexible organic light-emitting diodes for antimicrobial photodynamic therapy
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Flexible organic light-emitting diodes for antimicrobial photodynamic therapy

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