Quaternary ammonium-based biomedical materials: State-of-the-art, toxicological aspects and antimicrobial resistance

Y Jiao, L Niu, S Ma, J Li, FR Tay, J Chen - Progress in polymer science, 2017 - Elsevier
Microbial infections affect humans worldwide. Many quaternary ammonium compounds
have been synthesized that are not only antibacterial, but also possess antifungal, antiviral …

The mechanisms and the applications of antibacterial polymers in surface modification on medical devices

H Qiu, Z Si, Y Luo, P Feng, X Wu, W Hou… - … in bioengineering and …, 2020 - frontiersin.org
Medical device contamination caused by microbial pathogens such as bacteria and fungi
has posed a severe threat to the patients' health in hospitals. Due to the increasing …

Polymeric materials with antimicrobial activity

A Muñoz-Bonilla, M Fernández-García - Progress in Polymer Science, 2012 - Elsevier
This article describes the state of the art in the field of antimicrobial polymeric systems during
the last decade. Keeping in mind the multitude of existing systems, a classification of the …

Graphene-based antibacterial paper

W Hu, C Peng, W Luo, M Lv, X Li, D Li, Q Huang… - ACS …, 2010 - ACS Publications
Graphene is a monolayer of tightly packed carbon atoms that possesses many interesting
properties and has numerous exciting applications. In this work, we report the antibacterial …

Biomimetic antimicrobial polymers: Recent advances in molecular design

C Ergene, K Yasuhara, EF Palermo - Polymer Chemistry, 2018 - pubs.rsc.org
The increasing prevalence of antibiotic-resistant bacterial infections, coupled with the
decline in the number of new antibiotic drug approvals, has created a therapeutic gap that …

Antimicrobial polymers: mechanism of action, factors of activity, and applications

L Timofeeva, N Kleshcheva - Applied microbiology and biotechnology, 2011 - Springer
Complex epidemiological situation, nosocomial infections, microbial contamination, and
infection risks in hospital and dental equipment have led to an ever-growing need for …

Polyoxazoline: chemistry, properties, and applications in drug delivery

TX Viegas, MD Bentley, JM Harris, Z Fang… - Bioconjugate …, 2011 - ACS Publications
Polyoxazoline polymers with methyl (PMOZ), ethyl (PEOZ), and propyl (PPOZ) side chains
were prepared by the living cationic polymerization method and purified by ion-exchange …

Design of antimicrobial polymers

P Pham, S Oliver, C Boyer - Macromolecular Chemistry and …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Antibiotic resistance has become a critical issue, alarming the healthcare and agriculture
sectors worldwide. Thanks to rapid advancements in polymer science, antimicrobial …

Positively charged polymers as promising devices against multidrug resistant gram-negative bacteria: A Review

S Alfei, AM Schito - Polymers, 2020 - mdpi.com
Antibiotic resistance has increased markedly in Gram-negative bacteria, causing severe
infections intractable with traditional drugs and amplifying mortality and healthcare costs …

Graphene oxide‐based antibacterial cotton fabrics

J Zhao, B Deng, M Lv, J Li, Y Zhang… - Advanced …, 2013 - Wiley Online Library
Graphene oxide (GO) is an excellent bacteria‐killing nanomaterial. In this work, macroscopic
applications of this promising nanomaterial by fixing GO sheets onto cotton fabrics, which …