[HTML][HTML] Environmental risks and toxicity of surfactants: overview of analysis, assessment, and remediation techniques

SO Badmus, HK Amusa, TA Oyehan… - Environmental Science and …, 2021 - Springer
This work comprehensively reviewed the toxicity and risks of various surfactants and their
degraded products in the environmental matrices, various analytical procedures, and …

Recent developments and practical feasibility of polymer‐based antifouling coatings

AMC Maan, AH Hofman, WM de Vos… - Advanced functional …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
While nature has optimized its antifouling strategies over millions of years, synthetic
antifouling coatings have not yet reached technological maturity. For an antifouling coating …

[HTML][HTML] Highly stable, antiviral, antibacterial cotton textiles via molecular engineering

J Qian, Q Dong, K Chun, D Zhu, X Zhang, Y Mao… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
Cotton textiles are ubiquitous in daily life and are also one of the primary mediums for
transmitting viruses and bacteria. Conventional approaches to fabricating antiviral and …

Antibiotic‐free antibacterial strategies enabled by nanomaterials: progress and perspectives

Y Wang, Y Yang, Y Shi, H Song, C Yu - Advanced Materials, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Bacterial infection is one of the top ten leading causes of death globally and the worst killer
in low‐income countries. The overuse of antibiotics leads to ever‐increasing antibiotic …

Review of titanium surface modification techniques and coatings for antibacterial applications

H Chouirfa, H Bouloussa, V Migonney… - Acta biomaterialia, 2019 - Elsevier
Implanted biomaterials play a key role in the current success of orthopedic and dental
procedures. Pure titanium and its alloys are the most commonly used materials for …

Recent advances in superhydrophobic surfaces for practical applications: A review

MZ Khan, J Militky, M Petru, B Tomková, A Ali… - European Polymer …, 2022 - Elsevier
Over the past decade, there have been many successful attempts at artificially reproducing
the surface structures found on natural superhydrophobic surfaces. The researchers have …

[HTML][HTML] Antibacterial coatings on orthopedic implants

X Chen, J Zhou, Y Qian, LZ Zhao - Materials Today Bio, 2023 - Elsevier
With the aging of population and the rapid improvement of public health and medical level in
recent years, people have had an increasing demand for orthopedic implants. However …

[HTML][HTML] The application of hyaluronic acid in bone regeneration

P Zhai, X Peng, B Li, Y Liu, H Sun, X Li - International journal of biological …, 2020 - Elsevier
Hyaluronic acid (HA) exists naturally as an important component of the extracellular matrix
(ECM) in the human body. In recent decades, HA has been widely used in bone …

Driving polymer brushes from synthesis to functioning

R Wang, Q Wei, W Sheng, B Yu, F Zhou… - Angewandte …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
The great success of controlled radical polymerizations has encouraged researchers to
develop more facile and robust approaches for surface‐initiated polymerizations (SIPs) to …

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 …