Multifunctional antimicrobial materials: From rational design to biomedical applications

S Duan, R Wu, YH Xiong, HM Ren, C Lei… - Progress in Materials …, 2022 - Elsevier
Though the history of mankind, we are strongly fighting with infected diseases that are
induced by bacteria, fungi, viruses, and other pathogens. Although a variety of medicines …

Antimicrobial nanomaterials and coatings: Current mechanisms and future perspectives to control the spread of viruses including SARS-CoV-2

SM Imani, L Ladouceur, T Marshall, R Maclachlan… - ACS …, 2020 - ACS Publications
The global COVID-19 pandemic has attracted considerable attention toward innovative
methods and technologies for suppressing the spread of viruses. Transmission via …

Antiviral surfaces and coatings and their mechanisms of action

PD Rakowska, M Tiddia, N Faruqui, C Bankier… - Communications …, 2021 - nature.com
Viral infections are a serious health challenge, and the COVID-19 pandemic has increased
the demand for antiviral measures and treatments for clean surfaces, especially in public …

A surface coating that rapidly inactivates SARS-CoV-2

S Behzadinasab, A Chin, M Hosseini… - … applied materials & …, 2020 - ACS Publications
SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes the disease COVID-19, remains viable on solids for
periods of up to 1 week, so one potential route for human infection is via exposure to an …

Sanitizing agents for virus inactivation and disinfection

Q Lin, JYC Lim, K Xue, PYM Yew, C Owh, PL Chee… - View, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Viral epidemics develop from the emergence of new variants of infectious viruses. The lack
of effective antiviral treatments for the new viral infections coupled with rapid community …

Nanotechnology responses to COVID‐19

E Ruiz‐Hitzky, M Darder, B Wicklein… - Advanced …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Researchers, engineers, and medical doctors are made aware of the severity of the COVID‐
19 infection and act quickly against the coronavirus SARS‐CoV‐2 using a large variety of …

Quaternary ammonium-based biomedical materials: State-of-the-art, toxicological aspects and antimicrobial resistance

Y Jiao, L Niu, S Ma, J Li, FR Tay, J Chen - Progress in polymer science, 2017 - Elsevier
Microbial infections affect humans worldwide. Many quaternary ammonium compounds
have been synthesized that are not only antibacterial, but also possess antifungal, antiviral …

Antiviral nanoparticles for sanitizing surfaces: A roadmap to self-sterilizing against COVID-19

N Lin, D Verma, N Saini, R Arbi, M Munir, M Jovic… - Nano Today, 2021 - Elsevier
Nanoparticles provide new opportunities in merging therapeutics and new materials, with
current research efforts just beginning to scratch the surface of their diverse benefits and …

Progress and perspective of antiviral protective material

J Zhou, Z Hu, F Zabihi, Z Chen, M Zhu - Advanced Fiber Materials, 2020 - Springer
Public health events caused by viruses pose a significant risk to humans worldwide. From
December 2019 till now, the rampant novel 2019 coronavirus (SAR-CoV-2) has hugely …

Recent progress in polymer research to tackle infections and antimicrobial resistance

MM Konai, B Bhattacharjee, S Ghosh… - …, 2018 - ACS Publications
Global health is increasingly being threatened by the rapid emergence of drug-resistant
microbes. The ability of these microbes to form biofilms has further exacerbated the scenario …