Fig. 10.

a Schematic illustration of photothermal/photodynamic antibacterial property of MXenes/Co; b TEM images of S. aureus and E. coli were treated with NIR light; c Confocal images of S. aureus and E. coli were treated with NIR light [39].

Copyright 2020, Elsevier. d Schematic illustration of photodynamic and photothermal mechanism between Ti₃C₂T_x and Bi₂S_3; e The mechanism of the enhanced yield of ROS via NIR-induced progress is based on the Schottky heterostructure; f Colony-forming units images of S. aureus and E. coli without and with 10 min NIR light treatments [16]. Copyright 2021, Springer Nature