Photothermal nanomaterials: a powerful light-to-heat converter

X Cui, Q Ruan, X Zhuo, X Xia, J Hu, R Fu, Y Li… - Chemical …, 2023 - ACS Publications
All forms of energy follow the law of conservation of energy, by which they can be neither
created nor destroyed. Light-to-heat conversion as a traditional yet constantly evolving …

[HTML][HTML] Metal organic framework-based antibacterial agents and their underlying mechanisms

D Han, X Liu, S Wu - Chemical Society Reviews, 2022 - pubs.rsc.org
Bacteria, as the most abundant living organisms, have always been a threat to human life
until the development of antibiotics. However, with the wide use of antibiotics over a long …

Recent strategies to develop innovative photosensitizers for enhanced photodynamic therapy

TC Pham, VN Nguyen, Y Choi, S Lee, J Yoon - Chemical Reviews, 2021 - ACS Publications
This review presents a robust strategy to design photosensitizers (PSs) for various species.
Photodynamic therapy (PDT) is a photochemical-based treatment approach that involves the …

[HTML][HTML] Organic photosensitizers for antimicrobial phototherapy

VN Nguyen, Z Zhao, BZ Tang, J Yoon - Chemical Society Reviews, 2022 - pubs.rsc.org
Microbial infectious diseases, especially those caused by new and antibiotic-resistant
pathogenic microbes, have become a significant threat to global human health. As an …

[HTML][HTML] Antibacterial biomaterials for skin wound dressing

Y Liang, Y Liang, H Zhang, B Guo - Asian Journal of Pharmaceutical …, 2022 - Elsevier
Bacterial infection and the ever-increasing bacterial resistance have imposed severe threat
to human health. And bacterial contamination could significantly menace the wound healing …

[HTML][HTML] Multicharged cyclodextrin supramolecular assemblies

Z Liu, Y Liu - Chemical Society Reviews, 2022 - pubs.rsc.org
Multicharged cyclodextrin (CD) supramolecular assemblies, including those based on
positively/negatively charged modified mono-6-deoxy-CDs, per-6-deoxy-CDs, and random …

Aggregation-induced emission (AIE), life and health

H Wang, Q Li, P Alam, H Bai, V Bhalla, MR Bryce… - ACS …, 2023 - ACS Publications
Light has profoundly impacted modern medicine and healthcare, with numerous
luminescent agents and imaging techniques currently being used to assess health and treat …

[HTML][HTML] Recent progress in fluorescent probes for bacteria

Y Huang, W Chen, J Chung, J Yin, J Yoon - Chemical Society Reviews, 2021 - pubs.rsc.org
Food fermentation, antibiotics, and pollutant degradation are closely related to bacteria.
Bacteria play an irreplaceable role in life. However, some bacteria seriously threaten human …

[HTML][HTML] Chitosan-based functional materials for skin wound repair: Mechanisms and applications

P Feng, Y Luo, C Ke, H Qiu, W Wang, Y Zhu… - … in Bioengineering and …, 2021 - frontiersin.org
Skin wounds not only cause physical pain for patients but also are an economic burden for
society. It is necessary to seek out an efficient approach to promote skin repair. Hydrogels …

Surface design for antibacterial materials: from fundamentals to advanced strategies

W Li, ES Thian, M Wang, Z Wang, L Ren - Advanced Science, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Healthcare‐acquired infections as well as increasing antimicrobial resistance have become
an urgent global challenge, thus smart alternative solutions are needed to tackle bacterial …