An overview of the use of nanozymes in antibacterial applications

L Mei, S Zhu, Y Liu, W Yin, Z Gu, Y Zhao - Chemical Engineering Journal, 2021 - Elsevier
Topics of bacterial resistance have attracted remarkable scientific interests. Bacterial
infection-related diseases are major public safety issues that lead to millions of deaths …

Biocatalytic nanomaterials: A new pathway for bacterial disinfection

X Fan, F Yang, C Nie, L Ma, C Cheng… - Advanced …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Clinical treatment of pathogenic infection has emerged as a growing challenge in global
public health. Such treatment is currently limited to antibiotics, but abuse of antibiotics have …

Carboxymethyl cellulose/cellulose nanocrystals immobilized silver nanoparticles as an effective coating to improve barrier and antibacterial properties of paper for …

Y He, H Li, X Fei, L Peng - Carbohydrate polymers, 2021 - Elsevier
A new natural formulation composed of CMC and various contents of CNC immobilized
AgNPs (CNC@ AgNPs) was developed for paper coating. The mechanical strength, water …

Recent advances in metal-organic frameworks: Synthesis, application and toxicity

Q Zhang, S Yan, X Yan, Y Lv - Science of The Total Environment, 2023 - Elsevier
Metal-organic frameworks (MOFs) are a new class of crystalline porous hybrid materials with
high porosity, large specific surface area and adjustable channel structure and …

Converting nanotoxicity data to information using artificial intelligence and simulation

X Yan, T Yue, DA Winkler, Y Yin, H Zhu… - Chemical …, 2023 - ACS Publications
Decades of nanotoxicology research have generated extensive and diverse data sets.
However, data is not equal to information. The question is how to extract critical information …

Antibacterial and hemostatic thiol-modified chitosan-immobilized AgNPs composite sponges

Z Wu, W Zhou, W Deng, C Xu, Y Cai… - ACS applied materials & …, 2020 - ACS Publications
Wound bleeding and infection are two of the major threats to patients' lives, but developing
safe materials with high hemostasis efficiency and antibacterial activity remains a major …

Novel chitosan films with laponite immobilized Ag nanoparticles for active food packaging

Z Wu, X Huang, YC Li, H Xiao, X Wang - Carbohydrate Polymers, 2018 - Elsevier
Silver nanoparticles (AgNPs) are a kind of excellent antimicrobial agent, but the application
is limited in food field due to easy leakage. In this work, for the first time, laponite …

Face masks against COVID-19: Standards, efficacy, testing and decontamination methods

JTJ Ju, LN Boisvert, YY Zuo - Advances in Colloid and Interface Science, 2021 - Elsevier
Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), the virus responsible for
the novel coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), has caused a global pandemic on a scale …

Bactericidal effects of silver nanoparticles on lactobacilli and the underlying mechanism

X Tian, X Jiang, C Welch, TR Croley… - … applied materials & …, 2018 - ACS Publications
While the antibacterial properties of silver nanoparticles (AgNPs) have been demonstrated
across a spectrum of bacterial pathogens, the effects of AgNPs on the beneficial bacteria are …

Multifunctional chitosan-based coating with liposomes containing laurel essential oils and nanosilver for pork preservation

Z Wu, W Zhou, C Pang, W Deng, C Xu, X Wang - Food Chemistry, 2019 - Elsevier
The instability of Laurel essential oil (LEO) and easy leakage of silver nanoparticle (AgNP)
restricts their application in food field. To control their release, liposomes were used to …