Antibacterial nanomaterials: mechanisms, impacts on antimicrobial resistance and design principles

M Xie, M Gao, Y Yun, M Malmsten… - Angewandte Chemie …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) is one of the biggest threats to the environment and health.
AMR rapidly invalidates conventional antibiotics, and antimicrobial nanomaterials have …

Antibacterial carbon‐based nanomaterials

Q Xin, H Shah, A Nawaz, W Xie, MZ Akram… - Advanced …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
The emergence and global spread of bacterial resistance to currently available antibiotics
underscore the urgent need for new alternative antibacterial agents. Recent studies on the …

Nanotechnology as a novel approach in combating microbes providing an alternative to antibiotics

B Mubeen, AN Ansar, R Rasool, I Ullah, SS Imam… - Antibiotics, 2021 - mdpi.com
The emergence of infectious diseases promises to be one of the leading mortality factors in
the healthcare sector. Although several drugs are available on the market, newly found …

Engineering plants with carbon nanotubes: a sustainable agriculture approach

M Safdar, W Kim, S Park, Y Gwon, YO Kim… - Journal of …, 2022 - Springer
Sustainable agriculture is an important conception to meet the growing food demand of the
global population. The increased need for adequate and safe food, as well as the ongoing …

Antifouling membranes for sustainable water purification: strategies and mechanisms

R Zhang, Y Liu, M He, Y Su, X Zhao… - Chemical Society …, 2016 - pubs.rsc.org
One of the greatest challenges to the sustainability of modern society is an inadequate
supply of clean water. Due to its energy-saving and cost-effective features, membrane …

[HTML][HTML] Review on various strategies for enhancing photocatalytic activity of graphene based nanocomposites for water purification

P Singh, P Shandilya, P Raizada, A Sudhaik… - Arabian Journal of …, 2020 - Elsevier
Heterogeneous photocatalysis employing advanced oxidation has received significant
attention for water purification and disinfection. Recently, the excellent photocatalytic and …

[HTML][HTML] Differential Pd-nanocrystal facets demonstrate distinct antibacterial activity against Gram-positive and Gram-negative bacteria

G Fang, W Li, X Shen, JM Perez-Aguilar… - Nature …, 2018 - nature.com
Noble metal-based nanomaterials have shown promise as potential enzyme mimetics, but
the facet effect and underlying molecular mechanisms are largely unknown. Herein, with a …

Recent advances in nanomaterials for water protection and monitoring

R Das, CD Vecitis, A Schulze, B Cao… - Chemical Society …, 2017 - pubs.rsc.org
The efficient handling of wastewater pollutants is a must, since they are continuously defiling
limited fresh water resources, seriously affecting the terrestrial, aquatic, and aerial flora and …

Antibacterial Activity of Ti3C2Tx MXene

K Rasool, M Helal, A Ali, CE Ren, Y Gogotsi… - ACS …, 2016 - ACS Publications
MXenes are a family of atomically thin, two-dimensional (2D) transition metal carbides and
carbonitrides with many attractive properties. Two-dimensional Ti3C2T x (MXene) has been …

Near‐infrared regulated nanozymatic/photothermal/photodynamic triple‐therapy for combating multidrug‐resistant bacterial infections via oxygen‐vacancy …

Y Zhang, D Li, J Tan, Z Chang, X Liu, W Ma, Y Xu - Small, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Bacterial infections have become a major danger to public health because of the
appearance of the antibiotic resistance. The synergistic combination of multiple therapies …