«We hope our research will lead to more effective antibiotics, and also that it will inspire other researchers to use carbon
nanodots as scaffolding for a variety of applications,» said Dr. Ngu - Schwemlein.
«Our study shows that carbon
nanodots can serve
as a molecular
scaffold for building antimicrobial materials; it's exciting because carbon
nanodots are relatively easy and cheap to make, they're non-toxic and soluble in water.»