[HTML][HTML] Metals to combat antimicrobial resistance

A Frei, AD Verderosa, AG Elliott, J Zuegg… - Nature Reviews …, 2023 - nature.com
Bacteria, similar to most organisms, have a love–hate relationship with metals: a specific
metal may be essential for survival yet toxic in certain forms and concentrations. Metal ions …

[HTML][HTML] Silver nanoparticles and their antibacterial applications

T Bruna, F Maldonado-Bravo, P Jara… - International journal of …, 2021 - mdpi.com
Silver nanoparticles (AgNPs) have been imposed as an excellent antimicrobial agent being
able to combat bacteria in vitro and in vivo causing infections. The antibacterial capacity of …

Multifunctional antimicrobial materials: From rational design to biomedical applications

S Duan, R Wu, YH Xiong, HM Ren, C Lei… - Progress in Materials …, 2022 - Elsevier
Though the history of mankind, we are strongly fighting with infected diseases that are
induced by bacteria, fungi, viruses, and other pathogens. Although a variety of medicines …

[HTML][HTML] Current research on silver nanoparticles: synthesis, characterization, and applications

S Dawadi, S Katuwal, A Gupta, U Lamichhane… - Journal of …, 2021 - hindawi.com
Over the past couple of decades, nanomaterials have advanced the research in materials;
biomedical, biological, and chemical sciences; etc., owing to their peculiar properties at the …

[HTML][HTML] Conductive and elastic bottlebrush elastomers for ultrasoft electronics

P Xu, S Wang, A Lin, HK Min, Z Zhou, W Dou… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
Understanding biological systems and mimicking their functions require electronic tools that
can interact with biological tissues with matched softness. These tools involve biointerfacing …

An updated overview on metal nanoparticles toxicity

S Medici, M Peana, A Pelucelli, MA Zoroddu - Seminars in cancer biology, 2021 - Elsevier
Although thousands of different nanoparticles (NPs) have been identified and synthesized to
date, well-defined, consistent guidelines to control their exposure and evaluate their …

Bioengineering of green-synthesized silver nanoparticles: In vitro physicochemical, antibacterial, biofilm inhibitory, anticoagulant, and antioxidant performance

N Talank, H Morad, H Barabadi, F Mojab, S Amidi… - Talanta, 2022 - Elsevier
Green-synthesized nanobiomaterials can be engineered as smart nanomedicine platforms
for diagnostic and therapeutic purposes in medicine. Herein, we investigated the …

Recent advances and mechanistic insights into antibacterial activity, antibiofilm activity, and cytotoxicity of silver nanoparticles

N Tripathi, MK Goshisht - ACS Applied Bio Materials, 2022 - ACS Publications
The substantial increase in multidrug-resistant (MDR) pathogenic bacteria is a major threat
to global health. Recently, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reported …

[HTML][HTML] Silver and gold nanoparticles for antimicrobial purposes against multi-drug resistance bacteria

N Rabiee, S Ahmadi, O Akhavan, R Luque - Materials, 2022 - mdpi.com
Several pieces of research have been done on transition metal nanoparticles and their
nanocomplexes as research on their physical and chemical properties and their relationship …

Antibacterial efficiency of carbon dots against Gram-positive and Gram-negative bacteria: A review

M Varghese, M Balachandran - Journal of Environmental Chemical …, 2021 - Elsevier
The nontoxic characteristics and inherent antibacterial potency of Carbon dots (CDs) have
earned immense attention in the last few years. As the increasing antibiotic resistance of …