A team of scientists led by researchers at the Molecular Foundry has demonstrated that a new material, a type of conjugated polyelectrolyte, can cause a 95% reduction in bacterial colony count within five minutes under infrared irradiation. https://foundry.lbl.gov/2019/11/07/putting-the-heat-on-microbial-resistance-with-organic-polymers/
January 2019 – July 2022
