Figure 31.

(A) Schematic illustration of the synthetic route for preparing a CuS/mSiO₂ NP hydrogel), where TEOS = tetraethyl orthosilicate and CTAB = hexadecyltrimethylammonium bromide; (B) Photographs of S. aureus-infected wounds treated with different dressings at time points of 0, 2, 4, 8 and 14 days; (C) Wound area evaluation over the treatment duration (figure adapted from [87] with permission of Royal Society of Chemistry).