Fig. 18
From: Roles of MXenes in biomedical applications: recent developments and prospects
a Size dependence and exposure time dependence of antimicrobial activity of MXenes: Fluorescence imaging analysis was performed after treatment of Bacillus subtilis and Escherichia coli with 100-μg/ml MXene nanosheets of 0.09 and 0.57 μm size. Reproduced with permission from Ref. [183], © American Chemical Society 2018. b Antibacterial activity of PVDF (control), MXene (Ti3C2Tx), and 21% Ag@MXene membranes. Reproduced with permission from Ref. [188], © Royal Society of Chemistry 2020. c Schematic of enhancement mechanism of synergistic antibacterial ability of Cu2O/MXene. Reproduced with permission from Ref. [189], © Elsevier 2020. d Schematic diagram of the synergistic antibacterial mechanism of Cu2O/MXene. Reproduced with permission from Ref. [189], © Elsevier 2020