Lethal puncturing of planktonic Gram-positive and Gram-negative bacteria by magnetically-rotated silica hexapods.

Planktonic bacterial presence in many industrial and environmental applications and personal health-care products is generally countered using antimicrobials. However, antimicrobial chemicals present an environmental threat, while emerging resistance reduces their efficacy. Suspended bacteria have no defense against mechanical attack. Therefore, we synthesized silica hexapods on an α-Fe

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Declaration of competing interest The authors declare the following financial interests/personal relationships which may be considered as potential competing interests: HJB is also the director of a consulting company, SASA BV (GN Schutterlaan 4, 9797 PC Thesinge, The Netherlands). The authors declare no potential conflicts of interest with respect to the authorship and/or publication of this article. Opinions and assertions contained herein are those of the authors and are not construed as necessarily representing the views of their respective employers.