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With the increasingly serious problem of antimicrobial resistance and the lack of clinical response strategies, the development of new antibacterial materials is imminent. Herein, a VIS/NIR co-irradiation photodynamic-photothermal and oxidase-like synergistic antibacterial platform of transition metal sulfide/TiO 2 nanofibers (TMSs/TiO 2 NFs) is proposed to fight bacterial infection. On one hand, three-dimensional (3D) MoS 2 nanoflowers load can quickly capture the photogenerated electrons of two-dimensional (2D) TiO 2 nanofibers, inhibit the recombination of electron-hole pairs and greatly increase the yield of reactive oxygen species (ROS), thereby overcoming the UV sterilization defects of pure TiO 2 , endowing TiO 2 excellent photodynamic antibacterial ability in the long-wavelength region. On other hand, with the combination of MoS 2 and TiO 2 , the photothermal effect of the 3D/2D heterostructure (MoS 2 /TiO 2 NFs) was significantly enhanced and the local temperature rose to above 50 °C in a short time, which was enough to induce the inactivation of bacterial protein, thereby providing an efficient secondary sterilization effect. In addition, MoS 2 /TiO 2 NFs has fascinating oxidase-like activity, which further accelerated the oxidation of physiologically relevant antioxidants in bacteria. In the end, MoS 2 /TiO 2 NFs exerted outstanding antibacterial efficiencies against Escherichia coli (E. coli) and Staphylococcus aureus (S. aureus) through the synergy of photodynamic-photothermal and oxidase-like performance. Meanwhile, MoS 2 /TiO 2 NFs antibacterial platform effectively accelerated the healing of S. aureus -infected wounds and showed negligible toxicity and hemolysis on normal cells and tissues. Hence, this study contributed an effective alternative strategy for reducing the use of antibiotics, providing new ideas for application of semiconductor nanomaterials in collaborative combination therapy. [Display omitted] • The 3D/2D TMSs/TiO 2 NFs (MoS 2 /TiO 2 NFs) heterojunctions are successfully prepared in situ. • MoS 2 /TiO 2 NFs heterojunctions are demonstrated to increases the yield of ROS. • MoS 2 /TiO 2 NFs show enhanced photodynamic-photothermal and oxidase-like properties. • MoS 2 /TiO 2 NFs process charming sterilization activity. • MoS 2 /TiO 2 NFs antibacterial agent accelerate S. aureus- infected wound healing. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

In recent years, nanozyme-photothermal therapy (NPT) has attracted enormous interests owing to their enhanced therapeutic effects and less adverse effects in the treatment of infectious diseases. However, the development of nanozyme-photothermal agents (NPAs) that can rapidly, efficiently and synergistically combating pathogenic bacteria remains a huge challenge due to the limitation of size effect. Herein, by decorating platinum nanozymes on Zn-based photosensitizer, we report a novel metal-organic framework (MOF)-derived hybrid nanozymes antibacterial strategy for enhanced NPT. This strategy can not only prevent the aggregation of platinum nanozymes and effectively reduce the mass transfer resistance during the kinetic reaction, but also inhibit the photoelectron-hole recombination in the process of photothermal therapy (PTT) and improve the photothermal conversion performance. In the presence of a low concentration of hydrogen peroxide (H 2 O 2), the superior nanocatalytic activity of the MOF-derived hybrid nanozymes can effectively catalyze the release of H 2 O 2 to generate toxic hydroxyl radical (•OH), resulting in the increase of bacterial membrane permeability and thermal sensitivity. Once the near-infrared laser is introduced, the nanozyme-photothermal antibacterial platform can play the role of "nanoknife" to further induce the death of the damaged bacteria by physical cutting. In vitro and vivo in antibacterial assays confirm that the MOF-derived hybrid nanozymes have excellent antibacterial properties, which can serve as an antibacterial candidate with negligible adverse effect. Therefore, this work will open a new avenue for MOF-derived hybrid nanozymes in biomedical application. [Display omitted] • The MOF-derived hybrid nanozymes antibacterial strategy was used to enhance the nanozyme-photothermal therapy. • The PEG@Zn/Pt–CN nanozyme-photothermal antibacterial platform processed excellent ROS-released and NIR-responsive property. • The PEG@Zn/Pt–CN nanozyme-photothermal antibacterial platform could kill 98.74% E. coli and 99.63% S. aureus. • Wound infection model experiments confirmed the antibacterial activity and the rapid tissue repair effect. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]