Silver nanoparticles: A new view on mechanistic aspects on antimicrobial activity

N Durán, M Durán, MB De Jesus, AB Seabra… - … , biology and medicine, 2016 - Elsevier
Silver nanoparticles are well known potent antimicrobial agents. Although significant
progresses have been achieved on the elucidation of antimicrobial mechanism of silver …

Bacterial adherence and biofilm formation on medical implants: a review

S Veerachamy, T Yarlagadda… - Proceedings of the …, 2014 - journals.sagepub.com
Biofilms are a complex group of microbial cells that adhere to the exopolysaccharide matrix
present on the surface of medical devices. Biofilm-associated infections in the medical …

Green synthesis of silver nanoparticles and their applications as an alternative antibacterial and antioxidant agents

H Yousaf, A Mehmood, KS Ahmad, M Raffi - Materials Science and …, 2020 - Elsevier
Antimicrobial resistance is a complex global health challenge today. Discovery and
development of new natural alternates with novel targets is utmost priority. In this …

A review of water treatment membrane nanotechnologies

MTM Pendergast, EMV Hoek - Energy & Environmental Science, 2011 - pubs.rsc.org
Nanotechnology is being used to enhance conventional ceramic and polymeric water
treatment membrane materials through various avenues. Among the numerous concepts …

Nanobio silver: its interactions with peptides and bacteria, and its uses in medicine

S Eckhardt, PS Brunetto, J Gagnon, M Priebe… - Chemical …, 2013 - ACS Publications
Silver, known in metallic form since antiquity, has very early been recognized by mankind for
its antimicrobial properties, a phenomenon observed, for example, in the context of drinking …

Antifouling coatings: recent developments in the design of surfaces that prevent fouling by proteins, bacteria, and marine organisms

I Banerjee, RC Pangule, RS Kane - Advanced materials, 2011 - Wiley Online Library
The major strategies for designing surfaces that prevent fouling due to proteins, bacteria,
and marine organisms are reviewed. Biofouling is of great concern in numerous applications …

Mussel-inspired dual-cross-linking hyaluronic acid/ε-polylysine hydrogel with self-healing and antibacterial properties for wound healing

S Liu, X Liu, Y Ren, P Wang, Y Pu, R Yang… - … applied materials & …, 2020 - ACS Publications
Physicians have long been calling for an inherent antimicrobial wound dressing, which will
be a great progress for treating complicated infections. Here, we report a novel bioadhesive …

Antibacterial surface design–Contact kill

R Kaur, S Liu - Progress in Surface Science, 2016 - Elsevier
Designing antibacterial surfaces has become extremely important to minimize Healthcare
Associated Infections which are a major cause of mortality worldwide. A previous biocide …

Impacts of metal and metal oxide nanoparticles on marine organisms

TJ Baker, CR Tyler, TS Galloway - Environmental pollution, 2014 - Elsevier
Increasing use of metal and metal oxide nanoparticles [Me (O) NPs] in products means
many will inevitably find their way into marine systems. Their likely fate here is sedimentation …

Coated silver nanoparticles: Synthesis, cytotoxicity, and optical properties

HM Fahmy, AM Mosleh, A Abd Elghany… - RSC …, 2019 - pubs.rsc.org
Coated silver nanoparticles (AgNPs) have recently become a topic of interest due to the fact
that they have several applications such as in electronic, antimicrobial, industrial, optical …