The antibacterial activities of MoS₂ nanosheets towards multi-drug resistant bacteria

Abstract

We demonstrated that molybdenum disulfide (MoS₂) nanosheets can be an excellent solar disinfection agent for multi-drug resistant (MDR) bacteria with disinfection efficiencies >99.9999% in only 30 min. Distinct from other reactive oxygen species (ROS)-dependent photocatalysts, both ROS generation and size decrease contributed to the high antibacterial efficiencies of MoS₂.