Photocatalytic antimicrobials: principles, design strategies, and applications

B Ran, L Ran, Z Wang, J Liao, D Li, K Chen… - Chemical …, 2023 - ACS Publications
Nowadays, the increasing emergence of antibiotic-resistant pathogenic microorganisms
requires the search for alternative methods that do not cause drug resistance. Phototherapy …

Synergistic antibacterial strategy based on photodynamic therapy: Progress and perspectives

X Hu, H Zhang, Y Wang, BC Shiu, JH Lin… - Chemical Engineering …, 2022 - Elsevier
The dramatic increase in drug resistant bacteria resistance to existing conventional
antibiotics poses a great challenge to the effective treatment of infectious diseases …

Green approaches for the synthesis of metal and metal oxide nanoparticles using microbial and plant extracts

J Jeevanandam, SF Kiew, S Boakye-Ansah, SY Lau… - Nanoscale, 2022 - pubs.rsc.org
Green synthesis approaches are gaining significance as promising routes for the
sustainable preparation of nanoparticles, offering reduced toxicity towards living organisms …

[HTML][HTML] Antibacterial biomaterials for skin wound dressing

Y Liang, Y Liang, H Zhang, B Guo - Asian Journal of Pharmaceutical …, 2022 - Elsevier
Bacterial infection and the ever-increasing bacterial resistance have imposed severe threat
to human health. And bacterial contamination could significantly menace the wound healing …

Green synthesis of metallic nanoparticles: Applications and limitations

PK Dikshit, J Kumar, AK Das, S Sadhu, S Sharma… - Catalysts, 2021 - mdpi.com
The past decade has witnessed a phenomenal rise in nanotechnology research due to its
broad range of applications in diverse fields including food safety, transportation …

Metal–organic-framework-based materials for antimicrobial applications

R Li, T Chen, X Pan - ACS nano, 2021 - ACS Publications
To address the serious threat of bacterial infection to public health, great efforts have been
devoted to the development of antimicrobial agents for inhibiting bacterial growth …

[HTML][HTML] Face masks in the new COVID-19 normal: materials, testing, and perspectives

MH Chua, W Cheng, SS Goh, J Kong, B Li, JYC Lim… - Research, 2020 - spj.science.org
The increasing prevalence of infectious diseases in recent decades has posed a serious
threat to public health. Routes of transmission differ, but the respiratory droplet or airborne …

Metal-based nanoparticles: Antibacterial mechanisms and biomedical application

D Franco, G Calabrese, SPP Guglielmino, S Conoci - Microorganisms, 2022 - mdpi.com
The growing increase in antibiotic-resistant bacteria has led to the search for new
antibacterial agents capable of overcoming the resistance problem. In recent years …

Reactive oxygen species-related nanoparticle toxicity in the biomedical field

Z Yu, Q Li, J Wang, Y Yu, Y Wang, Q Zhou… - Nanoscale research …, 2020 - Springer
The unique physicochemical characteristics of nanoparticles have recently gained
increasing attention in a diverse set of applications, particularly in the biomedical field …

[HTML][HTML] Chitosan based nanocomposite films and coatings: Emerging antimicrobial food packaging alternatives

S Kumar, A Mukherjee, J Dutta - Trends in Food Science & Technology, 2020 - Elsevier
Background Demand for healthy and safe food with minimal use of synthetic inputs
(including synthetic preservatives) is increasing rapidly. Plastic polymers being hazardous to …