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 …

This article describes the state of the art in the field of antimicrobial polymeric systems during
the last decade. Keeping in mind the multitude of existing systems, a classification of the …

Pathogenic microbes cause infections and are excellent at adapting to the disinfection
strategies that address their biochemistry. The growth in number of drug resistant superbugs …

Development of new types of antibacterial coatings or nanocomposites is of great
importance due to widespread multidrug-resistant infections including bacterial infections …

Nowadays, photo‐based diagnosis and treatment techniques have been the focus in health‐
related fields. Organic dyes with delicately designed structures and tunable optical …

Bacterial infections are a leading cause of morbidity and mortality worldwide. In spite of
great advances in biomaterials research and development, a significant proportion of …

Photodynamic antimicrobial chemotherapy (PACT) is a very promising alternative to
conventional antibiotics for the efficient inactivation of pathogenic microorganisms; this is …

Photodynamic therapy (PDT) has been proposed as a new technique to inactivate
microorganisms as it does not lead to the selection of mutant resistant strains; a clear benefit …

The emergence of antibiotic resistant bacteria is a major threat to the practice of modern
medicine. Photobactericidal agents have obtained significant attention as promising …

Abstract Singlet molecular oxygen (1O2) is a potent electrophile and a strong oxidizing
agent and can be easily generated by photosensitization via illumination of appropriate dyes …