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MAFuMa EPSRC project team led by Prof Gavriilidis develops new light activated bactericidal coating

10 March 2020

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Prof Gavriilidis’ group has developed a continuous flow process for gold nanoclusters synthesis, which forms one of the key ingredients of a new coating that activates with ambient light to kill bacteria such as Staphylococcus aureus and Escherichia coli. The research has been performed with EPSRC funding through the ²Ñ´¡¹ó³Ü²Ñ²¹ÌýEPSRC projectÌý²¹²Ô»å has been published in .

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