Infection microenvironment-related antibacterial nanotherapeutic strategies

Z Wang, X Liu, Y Duan, Y Huang - Biomaterials, 2022 - Elsevier
The emergence and spread of antibiotic resistance is one of the biggest challenges in public
health. There is an urgent need to discover novel agents against the occurrence of multidrug …

Antibacterial and antiviral functional materials: chemistry and biological activity toward tackling COVID-19-like pandemics

B Balasubramaniam, Prateek, S Ranjan… - ACS Pharmacology & …, 2020 - ACS Publications
The ongoing worldwide pandemic due to COVID-19 has created awareness toward
ensuring best practices to avoid the spread of microorganisms. In this regard, the research …

Stimuli‐Responsive antibacterial materials: molecular structures, design principles, and biomedical applications

X Wang, M Shan, S Zhang, X Chen, W Liu… - Advanced …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Infections are regarded as the most severe complication associated with human health,
which are urgent to be solved. Stimuli‐responsive materials are appealing therapeutic …

Functional catalytic nanoparticles (nanozymes) for sensing

Y Ouyang, MP O'Hagan, I Willner - Biosensors and Bioelectronics, 2022 - Elsevier
Nanoparticles exhibiting diverse shapes, high porosity and chemical stability reveal, upon
appropriate chemical engineering, enzyme-like catalytic activities,“nanozymes”, providing a …

A strong quick-release biointerface in mussels mediated by serotonergic cilia-based adhesion

J Sivasundarampillai, L Youssef, T Priemel, S Mikulin… - Science, 2023 - science.org
The mussel byssus stem provides a strong and compact mechanically mismatched
biointerface between living tissue and a nonliving biopolymer. Yet, in a poorly understood …

[PDF][PDF] In situ formation of nanofibers from purpurin18‐peptide conjugates and the assembly induced retention effect in tumor sites

D Zhang, GB Qi, YX Zhao, SL Qiao, C Yang… - Advanced …, 2015 - researchgate.net
DOI: 10.1002/adma. 201502598 might effectively improve their bioavailability and treatment
outcomes. Herein, we rationally designed a responsive smallmolecule precursor (P18 …

Antibacterial surface design of biomedical titanium materials for orthopedic applications

Z Yuan, Y He, C Lin, P Liu, K Cai - Journal of Materials Science & …, 2021 - Elsevier
Titanium (Ti) and titanium alloys have become widely used as biomedical materials in
orthopedics because of their good machinability, corrosion resistance, low elastic modulus …

Synthesis, self-assembly, and biomedical applications of antimicrobial peptide–polymer conjugates

H Sun, Y Hong, Y Xi, Y Zou, J Gao, J Du - Biomacromolecules, 2018 - ACS Publications
Antimicrobial peptides (AMPs) have been attracting much attention due to their excellent
antimicrobial efficiency and low rate in driving antimicrobial resistance (AMR), which has …

[HTML][HTML] Adaptive antibacterial biomaterial surfaces and their applications

W Ahmed, Z Zhai, C Gao - Materials Today Bio, 2019 - Elsevier
Bacterial infections on the implant surface may eventually lead to biofilm formation​ and
thus threaten the use of implants in body. Despite efficient host immune system, the implant …

Designer peptide amphiphiles: self-assembly to applications

A Dasgupta, D Das - Langmuir, 2019 - ACS Publications
Peptide amphiphiles (PAs) are extremely attractive as molecular building blocks, especially
in the bottom-up fabrication of supramolecular soft materials, and have potential in many …