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 …

[HTML][HTML] Silver nanoparticles and their antibacterial applications

T Bruna, F Maldonado-Bravo, P Jara… - International journal of …, 2021 - mdpi.com
Silver nanoparticles (AgNPs) have been imposed as an excellent antimicrobial agent being
able to combat bacteria in vitro and in vivo causing infections. The antibacterial capacity of …

[HTML][HTML] Antibacterial approaches in tissue engineering using metal ions and nanoparticles: From mechanisms to applications

M Godoy-Gallardo, U Eckhard, LM Delgado… - Bioactive Materials, 2021 - Elsevier
Bacterial infection of implanted scaffolds may have fatal consequences and, in combination
with the emergence of multidrug bacterial resistance, the development of advanced …

[HTML][HTML] Interfacial engineering of Bi2S3/Ti3C2Tx MXene based on work function for rapid photo-excited bacteria-killing

J Li, Z Li, X Liu, C Li, Y Zheng, KWK Yeung… - Nature …, 2021 - nature.com
In view of increasing drug resistance, ecofriendly photoelectrical materials are promising
alternatives to antibiotics. Here we design an interfacial Schottky junction of Bi2S3/Ti3C2T x …

[HTML][HTML] Silver nanoparticles: Synthesis, medical applications and biosafety

L Xu, YY Wang, J Huang, CY Chen, ZX Wang, H Xie - Theranostics, 2020 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Silver nanoparticles (AgNPs) have been one of the most attractive nanomaterials in
biomedicine due to their unique physicochemical properties. In this paper, we review the …

[HTML][HTML] Face masks in the new COVID-19 normal: materials, testing, and perspectives

MH Chua, W Cheng, SS Goh, J Kong, B Li, JYC Lim… - Research, 2020 - spj.science.org
The increasing prevalence of infectious diseases in recent decades has posed a serious
threat to public health. Routes of transmission differ, but the respiratory droplet or airborne …

[HTML][HTML] Metal-based nanoparticles: Antibacterial mechanisms and biomedical application

D Franco, G Calabrese, SPP Guglielmino, S Conoci - Microorganisms, 2022 - mdpi.com
The growing increase in antibiotic-resistant bacteria has led to the search for new
antibacterial agents capable of overcoming the resistance problem. In recent years …

Surface design for antibacterial materials: from fundamentals to advanced strategies

W Li, ES Thian, M Wang, Z Wang, L Ren - Advanced Science, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Healthcare‐acquired infections as well as increasing antimicrobial resistance have become
an urgent global challenge, thus smart alternative solutions are needed to tackle bacterial …

[HTML][HTML] Surface-bound reactive oxygen species generating nanozymes for selective antibacterial action

F Gao, T Shao, Y Yu, Y Xiong, L Yang - Nature communications, 2021 - nature.com
Acting by producing reactive oxygen species (ROS) in situ, nanozymes are promising as
antimicrobials. ROS'intrinsic inability to distinguish bacteria from mammalian cells, however …

[HTML][HTML] Nanoparticles as therapeutic options for treating multidrug-resistant bacteria: research progress, challenges, and prospects

IE Mba, EI Nweze - World Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology, 2021 - Springer
Resistance to antimicrobial agents has been alarming in recent years and poses a huge
public health threat globally according to the WHO. The increase in morbidity and mortality …