Review on nanoparticles and nanostructured materials: Bioimaging, biosensing, drug delivery, tissue engineering, antimicrobial, and agro-food applications

V Harish, D Tewari, M Gaur, AB Yadav, S Swaroop… - Nanomaterials, 2022 - mdpi.com
In the last few decades, the vast potential of nanomaterials for biomedical and healthcare
applications has been extensively investigated. Several case studies demonstrated that …

Multifunctional antimicrobial materials: From rational design to biomedical applications

S Duan, R Wu, YH Xiong, HM Ren, C Lei… - Progress in Materials …, 2022 - Elsevier
Though the history of mankind, we are strongly fighting with infected diseases that are
induced by bacteria, fungi, viruses, and other pathogens. Although a variety of medicines …

Antibacterial and antiviral functional materials: chemistry and biological activity toward tackling COVID-19-like pandemics

B Balasubramaniam, Prateek, S Ranjan… - ACS Pharmacology & …, 2020 - ACS Publications
The ongoing worldwide pandemic due to COVID-19 has created awareness toward
ensuring best practices to avoid the spread of microorganisms. In this regard, the research …

Antiviral potential of nanoparticles—can nanoparticles fight against coronaviruses?

S Gurunathan, M Qasim, Y Choi, JT Do, C Park… - Nanomaterials, 2020 - mdpi.com
Infectious diseases account for more than 20% of global mortality and viruses are
responsible for about one-third of these deaths. Highly infectious viral diseases such as …

Metal-based nanoparticles, sensors, and their multifaceted application in food packaging

A Kumar, A Choudhary, H Kaur, S Mehta… - Journal of …, 2021 - Springer
Due to the global rise of the human population, one of the top-most challenges for poor and
developing nations is to use the food produces safely and sustainably. In this regard, the …

Nano-priming against abiotic stress: A way forward towards sustainable agriculture

A Salam, MS Afridi, MA Javed, A Saleem, A Hafeez… - Sustainability, 2022 - mdpi.com
Agriculture is directly linked to human life, providing food for survival and health. It is
threatened by a number of challenges, such as climate change, resource depletion, and …

Can nanotechnology and materials science help the fight against SARS-CoV-2?

MC Sportelli, M Izzi, EA Kukushkina, SI Hossain… - Nanomaterials, 2020 - mdpi.com
Since 2004, we have been developing nanomaterials with antimicrobial properties, the so-
called nanoantimicrobials. When the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) emerged, we …

Nanoparticles and their antimicrobial properties against pathogens including bacteria, fungi, parasites and viruses

A Khezerlou, M Alizadeh-Sani, M Azizi-Lalabadi… - Microbial …, 2018 - Elsevier
In recent year, propagation and resistance of pathogenic microorganisms (bacteria, fungi
and virals) to common antimicrobial agents has led to serious health and food problems …

Nanofertilizers and nanopesticides for agriculture

H Chhipa - Environmental chemistry letters, 2017 - Springer
The excess use of mineral fertilizers and unsafe pesticides has led to pollution and serious
health issues. Nanoscience may solve those issues by providing nanomaterials of higher …

Antimicrobial activities of biologically synthesized metal nanoparticles: an insight into the mechanism of action

P Nisar, N Ali, L Rahman, M Ali, ZK Shinwari - JBIC Journal of Biological …, 2019 - Springer
Increasing antimicrobial resistance is a clinical crisis worldwide. Recent progress in the field
of green synthesis has fascinated scientists and researchers to explore its potentials against …