Zinc oxide nanoparticles (ZnO-NPs) have gained significant interest in the agricultural and
food industry as a means of killing or reducing the activity of microorganisms. The …

Zinc oxide (ZnO) nano/microparticles (NPs/MPs) have been studied as antibiotics to
enhance antimicrobial activity against pathogenic bacteria and viruses with or without …

The aim of our work was the synthesis of ZnO nano-and microparticles and to study the
effect of shapes and sizes on cytotoxicity towards normal and cancer cells and antibacterial …

Injudicious or inappropriate use of antibiotics has led to the prevalence of drug-resistant
bacteria, posing a huge menace to global health. Here, a self-assembled aggregation …

In nanoscience and nanobiotechnology, using plant extracts in synthesizing metal
nanoparticles (NPs) has recently come to light as an exciting opportunity with several …

Copper has been used as an antimicrobial agent long time ago. Nowadays, copper-
containing nanoparticles (NPs) with antimicrobial properties have been widely used in all …

Antimicrobial photodynamic therapy (aPDT) has become a fundamental tool in modern
therapeutics, notably due to the expanding versatility of photosensitizers (PSs) and the …

Chronic wounds are a major concern for global health, affecting millions of individuals
worldwide. As their occurrence is correlated with age and age-related comorbidities, their …

Acute and chronic wounds can cause severe physical trauma to patients and also result in
an immense socio-economic burden. Thus, wound management has attracted increasing …

Microbes can influence the durability of civil engineering structures. Damage caused by
microbes (known as biodeterioration) results in compromised structural integrity causing …