[HTML][HTML] Nanoparticles: Taking a unique position in medicine

TM Joseph, D Kar Mahapatra, A Esmaeili, Ł Piszczyk… - Nanomaterials, 2023 - mdpi.com
The human nature of curiosity, wonder, and ingenuity date back to the age of humankind. In
parallel with our history of civilization, interest in scientific approaches to unravel …

Synergistic effects between metal nanoparticles and commercial antimicrobial agents: A review

AI Ribeiro, AM Dias, A Zille - ACS Applied Nano Materials, 2022 - ACS Publications
Nanotechnology has expanded into a broad range of clinical applications. In particular,
metal nanoparticles (MNPs) display unique antimicrobial properties, a fundamental function …

[HTML][HTML] The role of disinfectants and sanitizers during COVID-19 pandemic: advantages and deleterious effects on humans and the environment

K Dhama, SK Patel, R Kumar, R Masand… - … Science and Pollution …, 2021 - Springer
Disinfectants and sanitizers are essential preventive agents against the coronavirus disease
2019 (COVID-19) pandemic; however, the pandemic crisis was marred by undue hype …

Protective face masks: current status and future trends

A Tuñón-Molina, K Takayama… - … Applied Materials & …, 2021 - ACS Publications
Management of the COVID-19 pandemic caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome
coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) has relied in part on the use of personal protective equipment …

[HTML][HTML] Unique properties of surface-functionalized nanoparticles for bio-application: functionalization mechanisms and importance in application

F Ahmad, MM Salem-Bekhit, F Khan, S Alshehri… - Nanomaterials, 2022 - mdpi.com
This review tries to summarize the purpose of steadily developing surface-functionalized
nanoparticles for various bio-applications and represents a fascinating and rapidly growing …

Functionalized masks: powerful materials against COVID‐19 and future pandemics

F Seidi, C Deng, Y Zhong, Y Liu, Y Huang, C Li, H Xiao - Small, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
The outbreak of COVID‐19 revealed the vulnerability of commercially available face masks.
Without having antibacterial/antiviral activities, the current masks act only as filtering …

[HTML][HTML] An overview on nanoparticle-based strategies to fight viral infections with a focus on COVID-19

S Yasamineh, HG Kalajahi, P Yasamineh… - Journal of …, 2022 - Springer
Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) led to COVID-19 and has
become a pandemic worldwide with mortality of millions. Nanotechnology can be used to …

[HTML][HTML] Internet-of-nano-things (IoNT) driven intelligent face masks to combat airborne health hazard

V Chaudhary, A Gautam, P Silotia, S Malik… - Materials Today, 2022 - Elsevier
Face masks have been used as the most effective and economically viable preventive tool,
which also creates a sense of social solidarity in collectively combatting the airborne health …

[HTML][HTML] Clinical approval of nanotechnology-based SARS-CoV-2 mRNA vaccines: impact on translational nanomedicine

L Milane, M Amiji - Drug delivery and translational research, 2021 - Springer
One year after the first human case of SARS-CoV-2, two nanomedicine-based mRNA
vaccines have been fast-tracked, developed, and have received emergency use …

[HTML][HTML] A comprehensive review of detection methods for SARS-CoV-2

A Eftekhari, M Alipour, L Chodari, S Maleki Dizaj… - Microorganisms, 2021 - mdpi.com
Recently, the outbreak of the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), caused by the SARS-
CoV-2 virus, in China and its subsequent spread across the world has caused numerous …