School of Science RMIT University P.O. Box 2476 Melbourne Victoria 3001 Australia
Opical Sciences Centre Swinburne University of Technology Hawthorn Victoria 3122 Australia
Department d'Enginyeria Quimica Universitat Rovira i Virgili 26 Av. dels Paisos Catalans Tarragona 43007 Spain
Insitute for Advanced Biosciences University Grenoble‐Alpes Allee des Alpes La Tronche 38700 France
Experimental Physics and Center for Biophysics Saarland University Saarbrücken 66123 Germany
Ian Holmes Imaging Centre Bio21 Institute University of Melbourne 30 Flemington Rd Parkville Victoria 3010 Australia
Faculty of Applied Sciences Ton Duc Thang University Ho Chi Minh City 700000 Vietnam
Infectious Diseases Institute The Ohio State University 716 Biomedical Research Tower, 460 West 12th Avenue Columbus OH 43210 USA
National Centre for Advanced Tribology at Southampton (nCATS) National Biofilm Innovation Centre (NBIC) Mechanical Engineering University of Southampton Southampton SO17 1Bj UK
The antibacterial action of large (>10 nm) spherical gold nanoparticles is demonstrated by Elena P. Ivanova and co‐workers in article number 2005679 to be attributed to the combined stretching and rupture of the bacterial cell membrane. The newly discovered mechanical modes of antibacterial action pose varied implications for the use and application of nanomaterials. The mechanical killing of bacteria in liquids by surface‐active nanom aterials provides another platform from which to combat the global health crisis of antibiotic resistance.
Elena P. Ivanova及其同事在文章编号2005679中证明了大(> 10 nm)球形金纳米颗粒的抗菌作用归因于细菌细胞膜的拉伸和断裂结合。新发现的抗菌作用机械模式对纳米材料的使用和应用产生了不同的含义。表面活性纳米材料对液体中细菌的机械杀灭提供了另一个平台,可用来对抗全球对抗生素耐药性的健康危机。