Mechano-bactericidal actions of nanostructured surfaces

DP Linklater, VA Baulin, S Juodkazis… - Nature Reviews …, 2021 - nature.com
Antibiotic resistance is a global human health threat, causing routine treatments of bacterial
infections to become increasingly difficult. The problem is exacerbated by biofilm formation …

Bacterial-nanostructure interactions: The role of cell elasticity and adhesion forces

A Elbourne, J Chapman, A Gelmi, D Cozzolino… - Journal of Colloid and …, 2019 - Elsevier
The attachment of single-celled organisms, namely bacteria and fungi, to abiotic surfaces is
of great interest to both the scientific and medical communities. This is because the …

Antibacterial Liquid Metals: Biofilm Treatment via Magnetic Activation

A Elbourne, S Cheeseman, P Atkin, NP Truong… - ACS …, 2020 - ACS Publications
Antibiotic resistance has made the treatment of biofilm-related infections challenging. As
such, the quest for next-generation antimicrobial technologies must focus on targeted …

[HTML][HTML] Synergistic antibacterial activity of physical-chemical multi-mechanism by TiO2 nanorod arrays for safe biofilm eradication on implant

X Zhang, G Zhang, M Chai, X Yao, W Chen, PK Chu - Bioactive materials, 2021 - Elsevier
Abstract Treatment of implant-associated infection is becoming more challenging, especially
when bacterial biofilms form on the surface of the implants. Developing multi-mechanism …

Nanotopography-guided tissue engineering and regenerative medicine

HN Kim, A Jiao, NS Hwang, MS Kim, DH Kim… - Advanced drug delivery …, 2013 - Elsevier
Human tissues are intricate ensembles of multiple cell types embedded in complex and well-
defined structures of the extracellular matrix (ECM). The organization of ECM is frequently …

A MACEing silicon: Towards single-step etching of defined porous nanostructures for biomedicine

H Alhmoud, D Brodoceanu, R Elnathan, T Kraus… - Progress in materials …, 2021 - Elsevier
Metal-assisted chemical etching (MACE) affords porous silicon nanostructures control over
size, shape, and porosity in a single step. Simplicity and flexibility are potential advantages …

Nanomaterials for engineering stem cell responses

P Kerativitayanan, JK Carrow… - Advanced healthcare …, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
Recent progress in nanotechnology has stimulated the development of multifunctional
biomaterials for tissue engineering applications. Synergistic interactions between …

Fabrication of palladium nanoparticles anchored polypyrrole functionalized reduced graphene oxide nanocomposite for antibiofilm associated orthopedic tissue …

B Murugesan, N Pandiyan, M Arumugam… - Applied Surface …, 2020 - Elsevier
Two-dimensional reduced graphene oxide (rGO) was used as a scaffold for bone tissue
engineering application. To advance the biological properties including biocompatibility …

Effects of hierarchical micro/nano-topographies on the morphology, proliferation and differentiation of osteoblast-like cells

Q Huang, TA Elkhooly, X Liu, R Zhang, X Yang… - Colloids and Surfaces B …, 2016 - Elsevier
Coating the surfaces of titanium-based implants with appropriate hierarchical micro/nano-
topographies resembling the structure of natural bone significantly enhances their biological …

Intermittent electrical stimuli for guidance of human mesenchymal stem cell lineage commitment towards neural-like cells on electroconductive substrates

G Thrivikraman, G Madras, B Basu - Biomaterials, 2014 - Elsevier
In the context of the role of multiple physical factors in dictating stem cell fate, the present
paper demonstrates the effectiveness of the intermittently delivered external electric field …