Large-sized bone defects are a great challenge in clinics and considerably impair the quality
of patients' daily life. Tissue engineering strategies using cells, scaffolds, and bioactive …

One of the crucial challenges of our time is to effectively use metal and metal oxide
nanoparticles (NPs) as an alternative way to combat drug-resistant infections. Metal and …

By intercalating montmorillonite (MMT) with Cu2+ and benzalkonium chloride (BAC), the
present work constructed a synergistic promotion system (Cu2+/BAC/MMT). MMT not only …

This review provides information on the latest advances in inorganic materials with
antimicrobial properties based on a metallic species immobilized on the clay mineral …

Currently, valve replacement surgery is the only therapy for the end-stage valvular diseases
because of the inability of regeneration for diseased heart valves. Bioprosthetic heart valves …

Kaolin is a clay mineral with several applications, especially as filler in the paper industry.
Brazil has the largest kaolin processing plant in the world located in the Amazon region …

Pharmaceutical grade bentonite, containing a high amount of montmorillonite, enriched with
zinc (Zn) or copper (Cu)(ZnBent and CuBent, respectively) was used as the main component …

Antibacterial powder coatings have attracted increasing attention with the awakening of
people's health awareness. Silver antibacterial agent has been widely used in coating …

Abstract Zn coordination polymer,[Zn 2 (DABA) 3 (CH 3 OH)](DABA= 4-
Dimethylaminobenzoic acid)(ZCP), was successfully synthesized with DABA and Zn (NO 3) …

The research aimed to develop a novel mesoporous aluminosilicate/zeolite composite by
the template co-precipitation method. The effect of aluminosilicate (AlSi) and zeolite (NaY) …