Synergistic antibacterial strategy based on photodynamic therapy: Progress and perspectives

X Hu, H Zhang, Y Wang, BC Shiu, JH Lin… - Chemical Engineering …, 2022 - Elsevier
The dramatic increase in drug resistant bacteria resistance to existing conventional
antibiotics poses a great challenge to the effective treatment of infectious diseases …

Antibacterial nanomaterials: Mechanisms, impacts on antimicrobial resistance and design principles

M Xie, M Gao, Y Yun, M Malmsten… - Angewandte Chemie …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) is one of the biggest threats to the environment and health.
AMR rapidly invalidates conventional antibiotics, and antimicrobial nanomaterials have …

Interaction of microplastics with antibiotics in aquatic environment: distribution, adsorption, and toxicity

Y Wang, Y Yang, X Liu, J Zhao, R Liu… - Environmental science & …, 2021 - ACS Publications
As two major types of pollutants of emerging concerns, microplastics (MPs) and antibiotics
(ATs) coexist in aquatic environments, and their interactions are a source of increasing …

Biofilm microenvironment-responsive nanoparticles for the treatment of bacterial infection

Y Hu, X Ruan, X Lv, Y Xu, W Wang, Y Cai, M Ding… - Nano Today, 2022 - Elsevier
Highlights•The biofilm formation process and its microenvironmental characteristics are
described.•Biofilm microenvironment-responsive nanoparticles for anti-infection are …

Deploying gold nanomaterials in combating multi-drug-resistant bacteria

X Zhao, H Tang, X Jiang - Acs Nano, 2022 - ACS Publications
Antibiotic resistance has become a serious threat to human health due to the overuse of
antibiotics. Different antibiotics are being developed to treat resistant bacteria, but the …

Review of antimicrobial nanocoatings in medicine and dentistry: mechanisms of action, biocompatibility performance, safety, and benefits compared to antibiotics

J Butler, RD Handy, M Upton, A Besinis - ACS nano, 2023 - ACS Publications
This review discusses topics relevant to the development of antimicrobial nanocoatings and
nanoscale surface modifications for medical and dental applications. Nanomaterials have …

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 …

Inorganic–organic hybrid nanomaterials for photothermal antibacterial therapy

X Qi, Y Xiang, E Cai, XX Ge, X Chen, W Zhang… - Coordination Chemistry …, 2023 - Elsevier
The clinical management of bacterial infections has become a growing global public health
challenge. Such therapy is presently limited to antibiotics, but the misuse of antibiotics has …

[HTML][HTML] Nanotechnology as a promising approach to combat multidrug resistant bacteria: A comprehensive review and future perspectives

HF Hetta, YN Ramadan, AI Al-Harbi, E A. Ahmed… - Biomedicines, 2023 - mdpi.com
The wide spread of antibiotic resistance has been alarming in recent years and poses a
serious global hazard to public health as it leads to millions of deaths all over the world. The …

Engineering antimicrobial metal–phenolic network nanoparticles with high biocompatibility for wound healing

R Yu, H Chen, J He, Z Zhang, J Zhou… - Advanced …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Antibiotic‐resistant bacteria pose a global health threat by causing persistent and recurrent
microbial infections. To address this issue, antimicrobial nanoparticles (NPs) with low drug …