Antimicrobial activities of conducting polymers and their composites

M Maruthapandi, A Saravanan, A Gupta, JHT Luong… - Macromol, 2022 - mdpi.com
Conducting polymers, mainly polyaniline (PANI) and polypyrrole (PPY) with positive charges
bind to the negatively charged bacterial membrane to interfere with bacterial activities. After …

[图书][B] Polymeric materials with antimicrobial activity: from synthesis to applications

A Muñoz-Bonilla, M Cerrada, M Fernández-García - 2014 - books.google.com
Antimicrobial polymers are materials that prevent microorganism growth and are needed for
many everyday applications from food packaging and water treatment to medicine and …

Antimicrobial properties of polyaniline and polypyrrole decorated with zinc-doped copper oxide microparticles

M Maruthapandi, A Saravanan, JHT Luong… - Polymers, 2020 - mdpi.com
Polyaniline (PANI) and polypyrrole (PPY) were synthesized by carbon dots (CDs) under UV
irradiation and then sonicated together with zinc acetate and copper acetate to form the …

[图书][B] Polymers against microorganisms

J Rodríguez-Hernández, J Rodríguez-Hernández - 2017 - Springer
The significant advances on the control and prevention of infectious diseases carried out
during the first decades of the twentieth century produced an optimist sensation about the …

Polymeric materials with antimicrobial activity

A Muñoz-Bonilla, M Fernández-García - Progress in Polymer Science, 2012 - Elsevier
This article describes the state of the art in the field of antimicrobial polymeric systems during
the last decade. Keeping in mind the multitude of existing systems, a classification of the …

Broad spectrum antimicrobial activity of functionalized polyanilines

MR Gizdavic-Nikolaidis, JR Bennett, S Swift… - Acta biomaterialia, 2011 - Elsevier
The antimicrobial properties of conductive functionalized polyanilines (fPANI) were
investigated by exploring their interaction with bacterial cells. In sharp contrast to polyaniline …

Antimicrobial polymers

A Jain, LS Duvvuri, S Farah, N Beyth… - Advanced …, 2014 - Wiley Online Library
Better health is basic requirement of human being, but the rapid growth of harmful
pathogens and their serious health effects pose a significant challenge to modern science …

The chemistry and applications of antimicrobial polymers: a state-of-the-art review

ER Kenawy, SD Worley, R Broughton - Biomacromolecules, 2007 - ACS Publications
Microbial infection remains one of the most serious complications in several areas,
particularly in medical devices, drugs, health care and hygienic applications, water …

[PDF][PDF] Antibacterial Activity of Nanostructured Polyaniline Combined With Mupirocin.

KP Jotiram, R Prasad, VS Jakka, RSL Aparna… - Nano Biomedicine & …, 2012 - nanobe.org
Nanostructured and conducting polymer polyaniline (PANI) is used in numerous
applications in electrotherapy, electro-magnetic materials for monitoring health …

Biodegradable polymers and polymer composites with antibacterial properties

A Smola-Dmochowska, K Lewicka, A Macyk… - International journal of …, 2023 - mdpi.com
Antibiotic resistance is one of the greatest threats to global health and food security today. It
becomes increasingly difficult to treat infectious disorders because antibiotics, even the …