Nanoparticle-Encapsulated Chlorhexidine against Oral Bacterial Biofilms

Chaminda Jayampath Seneviratne; Ken Cham-Fai Leung; Chi-Hin Wong; Siu-Fung Lee; Xuan Li; Ping Chung Leung; Clara Bik San Lau; Elaine Wat; Lijian Jin

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0103234

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Nanoparticle-Encapsulated Chlorhexidine against Oral Bacterial Biofilms

Chaminda Jayampath Seneviratne ,

Contributed equally to this work with: Chaminda Jayampath Seneviratne, Ken Cham-Fai Leung

Affiliations Faculty of Dentistry, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR, China, Faculty of Dentistry, National University of Singapore, Singapore, Singapore
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Ken Cham-Fai Leung ,

Contributed equally to this work with: Chaminda Jayampath Seneviratne, Ken Cham-Fai Leung

Affiliation Department of Chemistry, Institute of Creativity, and Partner State Key Laboratory of Environmental & Biological Analysis, The Hong Kong Baptist University, Hong Kong SAR, China
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Chi-Hin Wong,

Affiliation Department of Chemistry, Institute of Creativity, and Partner State Key Laboratory of Environmental & Biological Analysis, The Hong Kong Baptist University, Hong Kong SAR, China
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Siu-Fung Lee,

Affiliation Department of Chemistry, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR, China
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Xuan Li,

Affiliation Faculty of Dentistry, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR, China
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Ping Chung Leung,

Affiliation Institute of Chinese Medicine and Partner State Key Laboratory of Phytochemistry & Plant Resources in West China, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR, China
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Clara Bik San Lau,

Affiliation Institute of Chinese Medicine and Partner State Key Laboratory of Phytochemistry & Plant Resources in West China, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR, China
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Elaine Wat,

Affiliation Institute of Chinese Medicine and Partner State Key Laboratory of Phytochemistry & Plant Resources in West China, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR, China
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Lijian Jin

* E-mail: ljjin@hku.hk

Affiliation Faculty of Dentistry, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR, China
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Nanoparticle-Encapsulated Chlorhexidine against Oral Bacterial Biofilms

Chaminda Jayampath Seneviratne,
Ken Cham-Fai Leung,
Chi-Hin Wong,
Siu-Fung Lee,
Xuan Li,
Ping Chung Leung,
Clara Bik San Lau,
Elaine Wat,
Lijian Jin

Published: August 29, 2014
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0103234

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