Xu, Xiaofei
Korupalli, Chiranjeevi
Mahajan, Divyanshu
Tan, Chongyun https://orcid.org/0009-0004-1994-3380
Vu, Quang Huy Nhat https://orcid.org/0009-0008-0818-981X
Pham, Loi Thang
Lu, Lei https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8192-1471
Greenberg, E. Peter
Dang, Tram T.
Chan-Park, Mary B. https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3761-7517
Funding for this research was provided by:
Singapore Ministry of Education Academic Research Fund Tier 3
Article History
Received: 19 October 2024
Accepted: 26 September 2025
First Online: 7 November 2025
Competing interests
: The Authors declare no other financial and non-financial competing interests except the following: An unpublished patent (New United States Provisional Patent Application NTU Ref: 2025-044) titled “Biodegradable Poly(Imidazolium Ester)s As Antimicrobial Agent” is associated with this work. The applicant is NTU and the inventors include M.B.C., X.F.X., T.T.D. and E. P. G. The patent covers the novel compound composition (P8): their syntheses, in vitro MIC test, cytotoxicity tests, mechanism study and in vivo performance.