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 …

Review on the antimicrobial properties of carbon nanostructures

A Al-Jumaili, S Alancherry, K Bazaka, MV Jacob - Materials, 2017 - mdpi.com
Swift developments in nanotechnology have prominently encouraged innovative discoveries
across many fields. Carbon-based nanomaterials have emerged as promising platforms for …

Recent progress and perspectives of space electric propulsion systems based on smart nanomaterials

I Levchenko, S Xu, G Teel, D Mariotti… - Nature …, 2018 - nature.com
Drastic miniaturization of electronics and ingression of next-generation nanomaterials into
space technology have provoked a renaissance in interplanetary flights and near-Earth …

High Aspect Ratio Nanostructures Kill Bacteria via Storage and Release of Mechanical Energy

DP Linklater, M De Volder, VA Baulin, M Werner… - Acs Nano, 2018 - ACS Publications
The threat of a global rise in the number of untreatable infections caused by antibiotic-
resistant bacteria calls for the design and fabrication of a new generation of bactericidal …

Carbon nanotubes as anti-bacterial agents

T Mocan, CT Matea, T Pop, O Mosteanu… - Cellular and molecular …, 2017 - Springer
Multidrug-resistant bacterial infections that have evolved via natural selection have
increased alarmingly at a global level. Thus, there is a strong need for the development of …

Antimicrobial and anti-adhesive properties of carbon nanotube-based surfaces for medical applications: A systematic review

R Teixeira-Santos, M Gomes, LC Gomes… - Iscience, 2021 - cell.com
Although high-performance carbon materials are widely used in surface engineering, with
emphasis on carbon nanotubes (CNTs), the application of CNT nanocomposites on medical …

Hierarchical multicomponent inorganic metamaterials: intrinsically driven self‐assembly at the nanoscale

I Levchenko, K Bazaka, M Keidar, S Xu… - Advanced …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Increasingly intricate in their composition and structural organization, hierarchical
multicomponent metamaterials with nonlinear spatially reconfigurable functionalities …

Vertically aligned carbon nanotubes as a unique material for biomedical applications

A Kohls, M Maurer Ditty… - … applied materials & …, 2022 - ACS Publications
Vertically aligned carbon nanotubes (VACNTs), a unique classification of CNT, highly
oriented and normal to the respective substrate, have been heavily researched over the last …

Nanomedicine-based antimicrobial peptide delivery for bacterial infections: Recent advances and future prospects

RK Thapa, DB Diep, HH Tønnesen - Journal of Pharmaceutical …, 2021 - Springer
Abstract Background Antimicrobial peptides (AMPs) have gained wide interest as viable
alternatives to antibiotics owing to their potent antimicrobial effects and the low propensity of …

Nanostructured antibacterial surfaces–what can be achieved?

DP Linklater, EP Ivanova - Nano Today, 2022 - Elsevier
Nanomaterials have emerged as the new weapon in the arsenal to fight antimicrobial
resistance (AMR). While antibiotics have played a major role in combating infectious …