The choice of antimicrobial polymers: Hydrophilic or hydrophobic?

Z Xie, P Zhang, Z Zhang, C Chen, X Wang - Chinese Chemical Letters, 2024 - Elsevier
Owing to the spread of COVID-19, it is difficult to ignore the existence and importance of
antimicrobial polymers (AMPs) because most protective appliances are made of polymers …

Recent advancements in natural polymers‐based self‐healing nano‐materials for wound dressing

K Anand, R Sharma, N Sharma - Journal of Biomedical …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
The field of wound healing has witnessed remarkable progress in recent years, driven by the
pursuit of advanced wound dressings. Traditional dressing materials have limitations like …

Antimicrobial polymer-loaded hydrogels for the topical treatment of multidrug-resistant wound biofilm infections

JMV Makabenta, A Nabawy… - … Clinics and Research, 2023 - journals.lww.com
Integration of antimicrobial polymeric nanoparticles into hydrogel materials presents a
promising strategy to address multidrug-resistant biofilm infections. Here we report an …

Impacts of hydrophobic mismatch on antimicrobial peptide efficacy and bilayer permeabilization

S Meier, ZM Ridgway, AL Picciano, GA Caputo - Antibiotics, 2023 - mdpi.com
Antimicrobial resistance continues to be a major threat to world health, with the continued
emergence of resistant bacterial strains. Antimicrobial peptides have emerged as an …

L-PTMI-co-L-PEI copolymers obtained through copolymerization of cyclic imino ethers and their chain modification: Antibacterial properties and cytotoxicity

J Pachla, S Kowalczyk, W Tomaszewski… - European Polymer …, 2024 - Elsevier
Polymeric antimicrobial agents are intensively investigated as potential novel antibiotics. In
this work we use copolymerization of 2-propyl-2-oxazine (PrOzi) and 2-methyl-2-oxazoline …