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    Antibacterial Type-II InP/ZnO Quantum Dots Via Multimodal Reactive Oxygen Species
    (Elsevier Science SA, 2024) Khan, Saad Ullah; Eren, Guncem Ozgun; Atac, Nazli; Onal, Asim; Qureshi, Mohammad Haroon; Cooper, Francis Korshe; Nizamoglu, Sedat
    The emergence of multidrug-resistant bacteria as a global health threat has necessitated the exploration of alternative treatments to combat bacterial infections. Among these, photocatalytic nanomaterials such as quantum dots (QDs) have shown great promise and type-I QDs have been investigated thus far. In this study, we introduce type-II InP/ZnO core/shell QDs that are ligand-exchanged with a short-chain inorganic sulfide ion (S2-) for antibacterial activity. Interestingly, InP/ZnO QDs simultaneously generate reactive oxygen species (ROS) including hydroxyl (center dot OH) and superoxide (O-2(center dot-) ) radicals, while only O-2(center dot-) radicals can be released by the type-I sulfide-capped InP/ZnS QDs. The optimized nanostructure achieved effective inhibition of Pseudomonas aeruginosa and Escherichia coli bacteria growth to the level of 99.99% and 70.31% under low-intensity green light illumination of 5 mW.cm(-2). Our findings highlight the importance of type-II QDs as a new avenue for developing effective antibacterial agents against drug-resistant pathogens.