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 …

Current progress of interfacing organic semiconducting materials with bacteria

SR McCuskey, J Chatsirisupachai, E Zeglio… - Chemical …, 2021 - ACS Publications
Microbial bioelectronics require interfacing microorganisms with electrodes. The resulting
abiotic/biotic platforms provide the basis of a range of technologies, including energy …

Hydrophilic mechano-bactericidal nanopillars require external forces to rapidly kill bacteria

A Valiei, N Lin, JF Bryche, G McKay, M Canva… - Nano Letters, 2020 - ACS Publications
Nanopillars have been shown to mechanically damage bacteria, suggesting a promising
strategy for future antibacterial surfaces. However, the mechanisms underlying this …

Antibacterial and hydroxyapatite-forming coating for biomedical implants based on polypeptide-functionalized titania nanospikes

Q Gao, T Feng, D Huang, P Liu, P Lin, Y Wu, Z Ye… - Biomaterials …, 2020 - pubs.rsc.org
Titanium (Ti)-based implants often suffer from detrimental bacterial adhesion and inefficient
healing, so it is crucial to design a dual-functional coating that prevents bacterial infection …

Multi-biofunctional properties of three species of cicada wings and biomimetic fabrication of nanopatterned titanium pillars

H Shahali, J Hasan, A Mathews, H Wang… - Journal of Materials …, 2019 - pubs.rsc.org
Recently, multi-biofunctional properties of cicada wings have drawn keen interest for
biomedical device applications due to their superhydrophobic, self-cleaning and bactericidal …

[HTML][HTML] Cicada-inspired fluoridated hydroxyapatite nanostructured surfaces synthesized by electrochemical additive manufacturing

X Ge, J Zhao, KD Esmeryan, X Lu, Z Li, K Wang… - Materials & Design, 2020 - Elsevier
Recently, the cicada-inspired nanostructured surfaces have attracted much interest because
they possess remarkable bactericidal ability. However, Gram-positive bacteria are less …

Bacterial elimination via cell membrane penetration by violet phosphorene peripheral sub-nanoneedles combined with oxidative stress

Q Shen, J Kang, X Zhao, W Lou, Z Li, L Zhang… - Chemical …, 2024 - pubs.rsc.org
The effectiveness of an antibacterial agent is strongly influenced by its antibacterial
mechanism, which, in turn, depends on the agent's topological structure. In the natural world …

Nanoconfining optoelectronic materials for enhanced performance and stability

X Kong, K Zong, SS Lee - Chemistry of Materials, 2019 - ACS Publications
The solution processing of optoelectronic active layers promises to usher in a new era of
technologies, from rollable displays to smart textiles, but critical challenges remain in the …

Surface engineering strategies to enhance the in situ performance of medical devices including atomic scale engineering

A Sultana, M Zare, H Luo, S Ramakrishna - International Journal of …, 2021 - mdpi.com
Decades of intense scientific research investigations clearly suggest that only a subset of a
large number of metals, ceramics, polymers, composites, and nanomaterials are suitable as …

From Solution to Microstructures in Minutes: Microdroplet-Derived Stand-Alone TiO2 Surfaces for Simultaneous Water Harvesting and Treatment

K Unni, J Shantha Kumar, A Som… - ACS Sustainable …, 2024 - ACS Publications
We present a straightforward and eco-friendly method to transform a titanium
tetraisopropoxide (TTIP) solution into superhydrophobic TiO2 microstructures by ambient …