Antibacterial Polymers

Surprising antibacterial activity and selectivity of hydrophilic phosphonium polymers

10-Sep-2018 - Artificial polymers, like antibiotic peptides, need both hydrophobic and hydrophilic domains in their molecular structure to exert antibacterial activity. Now, researchers from Canada have synthesized a phosphonium polymer that challenges this view. As outlined in the journal Angewandte Chemie, ...