Excessive and unwarranted administration of antibiotics has invigorated the evolution of
multidrug‐resistant microbes. There is, therefore, an urgent need for advanced active …

As more antibiotics are rendered ineffective by drug-resistant bacteria, focus must be shifted
towards alternative therapies for treating infections. Although several alternatives already …

Cationic surfactants are widely used as antimicrobial agents in various fields. However, the
widespread use of cationic surfactants has caused huge accumulation in environment …

Global health is increasingly being threatened by the rapid emergence of drug-resistant
microbes. The ability of these microbes to form biofilms has further exacerbated the scenario …

Since their development over 70 years, antibiotics are still the most effective strategy to treat
bacterial biofilms and infections. However, the overuse of antibiotics in human healthcare …

Compounds with antimicrobial activity have gained much attention in research due to the
outbreak of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19). Quaternary ammonium salts (QASs) are …

The combination of photodynamic therapy (PDT) and chemodynamic therapy (CDT) has
been continuously explored in the antibacterial aspect and has achieved more effective …

In view of the implications of inherent resistance of pathogenic bacteria, especially ESKAPE
pathogens toward most of the commercially available antibiotics and the importance of these …

This work reports that cationic micelles formed by cationic trimeric, tetrameric, and
hexameric surfactants bearing amide moieties in spacers can efficiently kill Gram-negative …

More than 80% of the bacterial infections are associated with biofilm formation. To combat
infections, amphiphilic small molecules have been developed as promising antibiofilm …