Nanomaterials with a photothermal effect for antibacterial activities: an overview

JW Xu, K Yao, ZK Xu - Nanoscale, 2019 - pubs.rsc.org
Nanomaterials and nanotechnologies have been expected to provide innovative platforms
for addressing antibacterial challenges, with potential to even deal with bacterial infections …

Trends, epidemiology, and management of multi-drug resistant gram-negative bacterial infections in the hospitalized setting

S Morris, E Cerceo - Antibiotics, 2020 - mdpi.com
The increasing prevalence of antibiotic resistance is a threat to human health, particularly
within vulnerable populations in the hospital and acute care settings. This leads to …

Advances in photothermal nanomaterials for biomedical, environmental and energy applications

SY Tee, E Ye, CP Teng, Y Tanaka, KY Tang, KY Win… - Nanoscale, 2021 - pubs.rsc.org
Materials that exhibit photothermal effect have attracted enormous research interests due to
their ability to strongly absorb light and effectively transform it into heat for a wide range of …

Fabrication of g-C3N4 nanosheets immobilized Bi2S3/Ag2WO4 nanorods for photocatalytic disinfection of Staphylococcus aureus cells in wastewater: dual S-scheme …

ZH Jabbar, AA Okab, BH Graimed, MA Issa… - … of Photochemistry and …, 2023 - Elsevier
In this work, graphitic carbon nitride (gC 3 N 4) immobilized Bi 2 S 3/Ag 2 WO 4 (BS/AW/CN)
heterojunction was successfully fabricated using a facile multi-step approach. The fabricated …

Photothermal bactericidal surfaces: killing bacteria using light instead of biocides

Y Zou, Y Zhang, Q Yu, H Chen - Biomaterials science, 2021 - pubs.rsc.org
Endowing the surfaces of synthetic materials with bactericidal activity is a direct and effective
way to prevent bacterial colonization and biofilm formation, solving the related serious …

[HTML][HTML] Phototherapy-based combination strategies for bacterial infection treatment

G Wei, G Yang, Y Wang, H Jiang, Y Fu, G Yue, R Ju - Theranostics, 2020 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
The development of nanomedicine is expected to provide an innovative direction for
addressing challenges associated with multidrug-resistant (MDR) bacteria. In the past …

From prevention to diagnosis and treatment: Biomedical applications of metal nanoparticle-hydrogel composites

AJ Clasky, JD Watchorn, PZ Chen, FX Gu - Acta biomaterialia, 2021 - Elsevier
Recent advances in biomaterials integrate metal nanoparticles with hydrogels to generate
composite materials that exhibit new or improved properties. By precisely controlling the …

Near-infrared light brightens bacterial disinfection: recent progress and perspectives

Q Han, JW Lau, TC Do, Z Zhang… - ACS applied bio …, 2020 - ACS Publications
Bacterial infection is a universal threat to public health, which not only causes many serious
diseases but also exacerbates the condition of the patients of cancer, pandemic diseases …

Plasmonically modulated gold nanostructures for photothermal ablation of bacteria

G Guan, KY Win, X Yao, W Yang… - Advanced Healthcare …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
With the wide utilization of antibiotics, antibiotic‐resistant bacteria have been often
developed more frequently to cause potential global catastrophic consequences. Emerging …

Self‐adaptive antibacterial porous implants with sustainable responses for infected bone defect therapy

X Jin, YH Xiong, XY Zhang, R Wang… - Advanced Functional …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
The development of responsive antibacterial implants is highly significant for the treatment of
implant‐associated infection. In this study, one self‐adaptive antibacterial porous implant …