Design and properties of antimicrobial biomaterials surfaces

B Mehrjou, Y Wu, P Liu, G Wang… - Advanced Healthcare …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Emergence of antibiotic‐resistance pathogens has caused serious health issues and if the
current trend is to continue, treatment of the infection will become complicated and even …

Staying dry and clean: an insect's guide to hydrophobicity

E Bello, Y Chen, M Alleyne - Insects, 2022 - mdpi.com
Simple Summary Insects possess microscopic cuticular surface structures of different
magnitudes. Such nano-, micro-, macro-and hierarchical structures often result in …

Antibacterial and cytocompatible nanoengineered silk-based materials for orthopedic implants and tissue engineering

B Mehrjou, S Mo, D Dehghan-Baniani… - … applied materials & …, 2019 - ACS Publications
Many postsurgical complications stem from bacteria colony formation on the surface of
implants, but the usage of antibiotic agents may cause antimicrobial resistance. Therefore …

Silicon nanostructures and nanocomposites for antibacterial and theranostic applications

A Kumar, M Devi, M Kumar, A Shrivastava… - Sensors and Actuators A …, 2022 - Elsevier
Silicon (Si) nanomaterials are extensively explored to address the multidrug resistance
bacteria/diseases and to enable developments of novel and innovative approaches for next …

Cell Rupture and Morphogenesis Control of the Dimorphic Yeast Candida albicans by Nanostructured Surfaces

NV Kollu, DR LaJeunesse - ACS omega, 2021 - ACS Publications
Nanostructured surfaces control microbial biofilm formation by killing mechanically via
surface architecture. However, the interactions between nanostructured surfaces (NSS) and …

Biomimetic polymer surfaces by high resolution molding of the wings of different cicadas

G Reid, JC McCormack, O Habimana, F Bayer… - Materials, 2021 - mdpi.com
Recent studies have shown that insect wings have evolved to have micro-and nanoscale
structures on the wing surface, and biomimetic research aims to transfer such structures to …

Biomimetic macroscopic hierarchical moire gratings

M Mazloumi, Y Bdour, C Escobedo, RG Sabat - Applied Optics, 2022 - opg.optica.org
Large-scale hierarchical macroscopic moire gratings resembling the surface structure of
Peruvian lily flower petals are fabricated on azobenzene molecular glass thin films using a …

Natural architectures for tissue engineering and regenerative medicine

F Honig, S Vermeulen, AA Zadpoor, J De Boer… - Journal of Functional …, 2020 - mdpi.com
The ability to control the interactions between functional biomaterials and biological systems
is of great importance for tissue engineering and regenerative medicine. However, the …

Escherichia coli Adhesion and Biofilm Formation on Polymeric Nanostructured Surfaces

D Iyer, E Laws, D LaJeunesse - ACS omega, 2023 - ACS Publications
Biofilm formation is a multistep process that requires initial contact between a bacterial cell
and a surface substrate. Recent work has shown that nanoscale topologies impact bacterial …

Nanosphere lithography of chitin and chitosan with colloidal and self-masking patterning

R Chandran, K Nowlin, DR LaJeunesse - Polymers, 2018 - mdpi.com
Complex surface topographies control, define, and determine the properties of insect
cuticles. In some cases, these nanostructured materials are a direct extension of chitin …