The applications of nanoparticles in various practical fields, owing to their unique properties
compared with bulk materials, have been occupying the minds of scientists for several …

The development of antibiotics has played a significant role in combating the dreaded
infectious disease such as tuberculosis, pneumonia, typhoid fever and meningitis in 20th …

The synergistic effects of transition metal based nanocomposites are known to possess
enhanced antibacterial activities. However, in‐depth analysis of the relative antibacterial …

Metals have been used since ancient times to combat infectious diseases. With the
introduction of nanotechnology, metal nanoparticles have gaining increased attention as …

Nanotechnology emerged as a scientific innovation in the 21st century. Metallic
nanoparticles (metal or metal oxide nanoparticles) have attained remarkable popularity due …

Microbial infectious diseases are a global threat to human health. Excess and improper use
of antibiotics has created antimicrobial-resistant microbes that can defy clinical treatment …

In terms of cost-efficiency, biocompatibility, environmental friendliness, and scalability, green
nanoparticle (NP) synthesis is a novel field of nanotechnology that outperforms both …

Metals, such as copper and silver, can be extremely toxic to bacteria at exceptionally low
concentrations. Because of this biocidal activity, metals have been widely used as …

At present, there is an urgent need in medicine and industry to develop new approaches to
eliminate bacterial biofilms. Considering the low efficiency of classical approaches to biofilm …

In the primitive era, humans benefited partially from plants and metals to treat microbial
infections. Later these infections were cured with antibiotics but further suffered from …