Sustainable personal protective clothing for healthcare applications: a review

N Karim, S Afroj, K Lloyd, LC Oaten, DV Andreeva… - ACS …, 2020 - ACS Publications
Personal protective equipment (PPE) is critical to protect healthcare workers (HCWs) from
highly infectious diseases such as COVID-19. However, hospitals have been at risk of …

[HTML][HTML] Antimicrobial mechanisms and effectiveness of graphene and graphene-functionalized biomaterials. A scope review

H Mohammed, A Kumar, E Bekyarova… - … in bioengineering and …, 2020 - frontiersin.org
Bacterial infections represent nowadays the major reason of biomaterials implant failure,
however, most of the available implantable materials do not hold antimicrobial properties …

[HTML][HTML] Graphene oxide–silver nanoparticle nanohybrids: Synthesis, characterization, and antimicrobial properties

M Cobos, I De-La-Pinta, G Quindós, MJ Fernández… - Nanomaterials, 2020 - mdpi.com
Drug resistance of pathogenic microorganisms has become a global public health problem,
which has prompted the development of new materials with antimicrobial properties. In this …

Fabrication of Chitosan/PVA/GO/CuO patch for potential wound healing application

KS Venkataprasanna, J Prakash, S Vignesh… - International journal of …, 2020 - Elsevier
Wound healing is a common issue in our day to day life. Our immune system repairs the
damaged tissue by itself and its a time-consuming process. The GO/CuO nanocomposite …

Antibacterial activity of graphene oxide nanosheet against multidrug resistant superbugs isolated from infected patients

MTH Aunkor, T Raihan, SH Prodhan… - Royal Society …, 2020 - royalsocietypublishing.org
Graphene oxide (GO) is a derivative of graphene nanosheet which is the most promising
material of the decade in biomedical research. In particular, it has been known as an …

Graphene oxide nanosheets versus carbon nanofibers: Enhancement of physical and biological properties of poly (3-hydroxybutyrate-co-3-hydroxyvalerate) films for …

AL Rivera-Briso, FL Aachmann… - International journal of …, 2020 - Elsevier
Abstract Poly (3-hydroxybutyrate-co-3-hydroxyvalerate)(PHBV) is a microbial biodegradable
polymer with a wide range of potential industrial applications. However, its biomedical uses …

Comprehensive review on graphene oxide for use in drug delivery system

M Daniyal, B Liu, W Wang - Current Medicinal Chemistry, 2020 - ingentaconnect.com
Motivated by the accomplishment of carbon nanotubes (CNTs), graphene and graphene
oxide (GO) has been widely investigated in the previous studies as an innovative medication …

A whole-cell inorganic-biohybrid system integrated by reduced graphene oxide for boosting solar hydrogen production

H Shen, YZ Wang, G Liu, L Li, R Xia, B Luo… - ACS …, 2020 - ACS Publications
The photoelectron transfer between semiconductors and cells is the rate-determining step
that controls the solar H2 production of whole-cell inorganic-biohybrid systems (IBSs) …

Multifunctional and robust polyhydroxyalkanoate nanocomposites with superior gas barrier, heat resistant and inherent antibacterial performances

P Xu, W Yang, D Niu, M Yu, M Du, W Dong… - Chemical Engineering …, 2020 - Elsevier
Bio-based and biocompatible materials such as polyhydroxyalkanoates (PHA) suffer from
severe bacterial infection, poor oxygen barrier, low strength and poor heat resistance that …

Development of antibiofilm nanocomposites: Ag/Cu bimetallic nanoparticles synthesized on the surface of graphene oxide nanosheets

J Jang, JM Lee, SB Oh, Y Choi, HS Jung… - ACS applied materials …, 2020 - ACS Publications
There are numerous issues associated with bacteria, particularly biofilms, which exhibit a
strong resistance to antibiotics. This is currently considered an urgent global issue owing to …