Bacterial infections, especially those caused by drug-resistant bacteria, have seriously
threatened human life and health. There is urgent to develop new antibacterial agents to …

Microbial infections based on drug‐resistant pathogenic organisms following surgery or
trauma and uncontrolled bleeding are the main causes of increased mortality from trauma …

The goal of modern research is to use environmentally preferable materials. In this context,
clay minerals are emerging candidates for their bio-and ecocompatibility, low cost and …

Clays have played an important role in medicine since the dawn of mankind and are still
applied widely as active ingredients and/or excipients in pharmaceutical formulations. Due …

Nanoarchitecture of hybrids materials based on clay minerals as nano building blocks for
the environmental remediation is summarized with the emphasis on the utilization of layered …

Our earlier research indicated that chitosan-gentamicin conjugate (CS-GT) possesses
superior antimicrobial activity and good water solubility. To develop CS-GT-based scald …

Abstract 3D printing technology provides a platform to fabricate a wide range of structures
and complex geometry-based scaffolds through computer-aided design (CAD). This study …

Bentonite (BT) is a natural clay mainly composed of montmorillonite which has
exchangeable cations in the interlayer space. BT has various advantages as a …

Clay minerals are phyllosilicates of nanoscale dimensions. According to their ability to
entrap and release organic moieties, they have found applications in several fields, such as …

Organo-montmorillonite (OMt) has been widely used in paints, drilling fluids, clay/polymer
nanocomposites, adsorbents and biosensors, however the full potential of OMt is yet to be …