Responsive and synergistic antibacterial coatings: fighting against bacteria in a smart and effective way

T Wei, Q Yu, H Chen - Advanced healthcare materials, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Antibacterial coatings that eliminate initial bacterial attachment and prevent subsequent
biofilm formation are essential in a number of applications, especially implanted medical …

Recent progress in photocatalytic antibacterial

Z Zhou, B Li, X Liu, Z Li, S Zhu, Y Liang… - ACS Applied Bio …, 2021 - ACS Publications
Pathogens on wounds and infected tissues or pathogens in drinking water or public facilities
have been doing great harm in human life. Because of booming drug resistance and …

Addressing MRSA infection and antibacterial resistance with peptoid polymers

J Xie, M Zhou, Y Qian, Z Cong, S Chen… - Nature …, 2021 - nature.com
Abstract Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) induced infection calls for
antibacterial agents that are not prone to antimicrobial resistance. We prepare protease …

Bacteria‐triggered multifunctional hydrogel for localized chemodynamic and low‐temperature photothermal sterilization

X Lin, Y Fang, Z Hao, H Wu, M Zhao, S Wang, Y Liu - Small, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Pathogenic infections seriously threaten public health and have been considered as one of
the most critical challenges in clinical therapy. Construction of a safe and efficient …

[HTML][HTML] Therapeutic strategies against bacterial biofilms

Y Bi, G Xia, C Shi, J Wan, L Liu, Y Chen, Y Wu… - Fundamental …, 2021 - Elsevier
The emergence of multi-drug resistance makes bacterial infection a major threat to public
health and economy. The formation of bacterial biofilms is one of the main reasons of …

Host defense peptide mimicking antimicrobial amino acid polymers and beyond: Design, synthesis and biomedical applications

Y Wu, K Chen, J Wang, M Chen, Y Chen, Y She… - Progress in Polymer …, 2023 - Elsevier
Microbial infections endanger human health and life. Conventional antibiotics has saved
countless human lives, however, is seriously challenged by the quick emergence of …

Poly (2‐Oxazoline)‐based functional peptide mimics: Eradicating MRSA infections and persisters while alleviating antimicrobial resistance

M Zhou, Y Qian, J Xie, W Zhang… - Angewandte Chemie …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Peptides have important biological functions. However, their susceptibility to proteolysis
limits their applications. We demonstrated here for the first time, that poly (2 …

Synergistic photodynamic and photothermal antibacterial nanocomposite membrane triggered by single NIR light source

J Sun, L Song, Y Fan, L Tian, S Luan… - … applied materials & …, 2019 - ACS Publications
Herein, we developed a nanocomposite membrane with synergistic photodynamic therapy
and photothermal therapy antibacterial effects, triggered by a single near-infrared (NIR) light …

Beyond nylon 6: Polyamides via ring opening polymerization of designer lactam monomers for biomedical applications

M Varghese, MW Grinstaff - Chemical Society Reviews, 2022 - pubs.rsc.org
Ring opening polymerization (ROP) of lactams is a highly efficient and versatile method to
synthesize polyamides. Within the last ten years, significant advances in polymerization …

Biodegradable antibacterial polymeric nanosystems: a new hope to cope with multidrug‐resistant bacteria

X Ding, A Wang, W Tong, FJ Xu - Small, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
The human society is faced with daunting threats from bacterial infections. Over decades, a
variety of antibacterial polymeric nanosystems have exhibited great promise for the …