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 …

Polymeric antibacterial materials: Design, platforms and applications

H Luo, XQ Yin, PF Tan, ZP Gu, ZM Liu… - Journal of Materials …, 2021 - pubs.rsc.org
Over the past decades, the morbidity and mortality caused by pathogen invasion remain
stubbornly high even though medical care has increasingly improved worldwide. Besides …

Interdisciplinary‐inspired smart antibacterial materials and their biomedical applications

Y Wu, P Liu, B Mehrjou, PK Chu - Advanced Materials, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
The discovery of antibiotics has saved millions of lives, but the emergence of antibiotic‐
resistant bacteria has become another problem in modern medicine. To avoid or reduce the …

Development of nano-antimicrobial biomaterials for biomedical applications

S Agnihotri, NK Dhiman - Advances in biomaterials for biomedical …, 2017 - Springer
Around the globe, there is a great concern about controlling growth of pathogenic
microorganisms for the prevention of infectious diseases. Moreover, the greater incidences …

Versatile antibacterial materials: an emerging arsenal for combatting bacterial pathogens

X Ding, S Duan, X Ding, R Liu… - Advanced Functional …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Antibacterial materials that prevent bacterial infections and mitigate bacterial virulence have
attracted great scientific interests. In recent decades, the bactericidal polymers have been …

Antimicrobial resistance challenged with metal-based antimicrobial macromolecules

AS Abd-El-Aziz, C Agatemor, N Etkin - Biomaterials, 2017 - Elsevier
Antimicrobial resistance threatens the achievements of science and medicine, as it
deactivates conventional antimicrobial therapeutics. Scientists respond to the threat by …

Antimicrobial materials—An overview

S Mahira, A Jain, W Khan, AJ Domb - 2019 - books.rsc.org
Infectious disease management has become an increasing challenge in recent years.
According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the World Health …

Organic and inorganic antibacterial approaches in combating bacterial infection for biomedical application

S Saidin, MA Jumat, NAAM Amin… - Materials Science and …, 2021 - Elsevier
In spite of antibiotics, antibacterial agents or specifically known as antiseptics are actively
explored for the prevention of infection-associated medical devices. Antibacterial agents are …

Supramolecular antibacterial materials for combatting antibiotic resistance

X Li, H Bai, Y Yang, J Yoon, S Wang… - Advanced …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Antibiotic‐resistant bacteria have emerged as a severe threat to human health. As effective
antibacterial therapies, supramolecular materials display unprecedented advantages …

Design of nanoengineered antibacterial polymers for biomedical applications

Q Borjihan, A Dong - Biomaterials science, 2020 - pubs.rsc.org
Pathogenic bacteria have become global threats to public health. Since the advent of
antibiotics about 100 years ago, their use has been embraced with great enthusiasm …