Nano-strategies to fight multidrug resistant bacteria—“A Battle of the Titans”

PV Baptista, MP McCusker, A Carvalho… - Frontiers in …, 2018 - frontiersin.org
Infectious diseases remain one of the leading causes of morbidity and mortality worldwide.
The WHO and CDC have expressed serious concern regarding the continued increase in …

A review on bidirectional analogies between the photocatalysis and antibacterial properties of ZnO

J Liu, Y Wang, J Ma, Y Peng, A Wang - Journal of Alloys and Compounds, 2019 - Elsevier
As a multi-functional biosafety material with outstanding anti-ultraviolet property, good
photocatalytic property as well as antibacterial activity, ZnO shows promising practical …

ROS and RNS modulation: the main antimicrobial, anticancer, antidiabetic, and antineurodegenerative mechanisms of metal or metal oxide nanoparticles

M Alavi, R Yarani - Nano Micro Biosystems, 2023 - nmb-journal.com
Severe side effects of chemotherapeutic and anti-diabetic drugs for cancer cells and type 2
diabetes (T2D) type and emerging drug resistance in pathogenic microorganisms …

Anti‐bacterial and wound healing‐promoting effects of zinc ferrite nanoparticles

R Haghniaz, A Rabbani, F Vajhadin, T Khan… - Journal of …, 2021 - Springer
Background Increasing antibiotic resistance continues to focus on research into the
discovery of novel antimicrobial agents. Due to its antimicrobial and wound healing …

Engineering highly effective antimicrobial selenium nanoparticles through control of particle size

T Huang, JA Holden, DE Heath, NM O'Brien-Simpson… - Nanoscale, 2019 - pubs.rsc.org
The overuse of antibiotics has induced the rapid development of antibiotic resistance in
bacteria. As a result, antibiotic efficacy has become limited, and infection with multidrug …

Enhanced photocatalytic activities of polypyrrole sensitized zinc ferrite/graphitic carbon nitride nn heterojunction towards ciprofloxacin degradation, hydrogen …

KK Das, S Patnaik, S Mansingh, A Behera… - Journal of colloid and …, 2020 - Elsevier
Fusion of heterogeneous photocatalysts with conducting polymers has paid a rising
stratagem in the field of photocatalysis owing to its biocompatibility and environment …

From nano to micro: using nanotechnology to combat microorganisms and their multidrug resistance

M Natan, E Banin - FEMS microbiology reviews, 2017 - academic.oup.com
The spread of antibiotic resistance and increasing prevalence of biofilm-associated
infections is driving demand for new means to treat bacterial infection. Nanotechnology …

[HTML][HTML] Antibacterial activity and mechanism of clove essential oil against foodborne pathogens

J Bai, J Li, Z Chen, X Bai, Z Yang, Z Wang, Y Yang - Lwt, 2023 - Elsevier
Clove essential oil (CEO) was extracted from dried clove buds using distillation. Gas
chromatography–mass spectrometer confirmed eugenol was the main component of CEO …

Application of ZnO nanostructures in ceramic and polymeric membranes for water and wastewater technologies: a review

M Sheikh, M Pazirofteh, M Dehghani, M Asghari… - Chemical Engineering …, 2020 - Elsevier
Advances in nanotechnology and nanomaterials have led to the development of
nanostructured membranes. Zinc oxide (ZnO), a multifunctional nanomaterial, has been …

The potential of antibiotics and nanomaterial combinations as therapeutic strategies in the management of multidrug-resistant infections: a review

OO Adeniji, N Nontongana, JC Okoh… - International journal of …, 2022 - mdpi.com
Antibiotic resistance has become a major public health concern around the world. This is
exacerbated by the non-discovery of novel drugs, the development of resistance …