Hydrogel degradation triggered by pH for the smart release of antibiotics to combat bacterial infection†
Zhentan Lu,Jiaqi Zhang,Zhenguo Yu,Qiongzhen Liu,Ke Liu,Mufang Li
New Journal of Chemistry Pub Date : 12/13/2016 00:00:00 , DOI:10.1039/C6NJ03260E
Abstract
Here we developed a hydrogel that could be triggered by a change in pH to degrade and smartly release antibiotics to combat a bacterial infection; use of this hydrogel could reduce the inappropriate and disproportionate use of antibiotics.
