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 …

ZnO nanomaterials: Green synthesis, toxicity evaluation and new insights in biomedical applications

R Verma, S Pathak, AK Srivastava, S Prawer… - Journal of Alloys and …, 2021 - Elsevier
Nanotechnology has engraved new insight into the material sciences and zinc oxide
nanomaterials (ZnO NMs) are one of the most extensively used materials in healthcare and …

Rejuvenated photodynamic therapy for bacterial infections

Q Jia, Q Song, P Li, W Huang - Advanced healthcare materials, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
The emergence of multidrug resistant bacterial strains has hastened the exploration of
advanced microbicides and antibacterial techniques. Photodynamic antibacterial therapy …

Evolving technologies and strategies for combating antibacterial resistance in the advent of the postantibiotic era

D Şen Karaman, UK Ercan, E Bakay… - Advanced Functional …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
The threats posed by the impending “postantibiotic era” have put forward urgent challenges
to be overcome by providing new diagnostic and therapeutic regimes for improved …

Functional hydrogels for diabetic wound management

D Gao, Y Zhang, DT Bowers, W Liu, M Ma - APL bioengineering, 2021 - pubs.aip.org
Diabetic wounds often have a slow healing process and become easily infected owing to
hyperglycemia in wound beds. Once planktonic bacterial cells develop into biofilms, the …

Dual Functions of CO2 Molecular Activation and 4f Levels as Electron Transport Bridge in Dysprosium Single Atom Composite Photocatalysts with Enhanced Visible …

Y Zhao, Z Han, G Gao, W Zhang, Y Qu… - Advanced Functional …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
The effect of rare earth (RE) single atoms on photocatalytic activity is very complex due to its
special electronic configuration, which leads to few reports on the RE single atoms. Here …

Enhanced water stability and photoresponsivity in metal-organic framework (MOF): a potential tool to combat drug-resistant bacteria

SA Ahmed, D Bagchi, HA Katouah, MN Hasan… - Scientific reports, 2019 - nature.com
In this work, we have successfully synthesized a bimetallic (Zinc and Cobalt) Zeolitic
Imidazolate Framework (Zn50Co50-ZIF), a class in a wider microporous Metal-Organic …

Oral drug delivery using a polymeric nanocarrier: chitosan nanoparticles in the delivery of rifampicin

R Ghosh, S Mondal, D Mukherjee, A Adhikari… - Materials …, 2022 - pubs.rsc.org
Oral delivery of drugs is the most common method of drug administration. However, the poor
bioavailability of drugs in the systemic circulation makes achieving therapeutic levels via the …

Erbium Single Atom Composite Photocatalysts for Reduction of CO2 under Visible Light: CO2 Molecular Activation and 4f Levels as an Electron Transport Bridge

Z Han, Y Zhao, G Gao, W Zhang, Y Qu, H Zhu, P Zhu… - Small, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
It is still challenging to design a stable and efficient catalyst for visible‐light CO2 reduction.
Here, Er3+ single atom composite photocatalysts are successfully constructed based on …

Tetracycline encapsulated in Au nanoparticle-decorated ZnO nanohybrids for enhanced antibacterial activity

SA Ahmed, MN Hasan, HM Altass, A Bera… - ACS Applied Nano …, 2022 - ACS Publications
Bacterial infections instigated by antibiotic-resistant bacteria are considered perilous health
threats in today's world due to their fast-increasing nature and the fewer availability of new …