Current synthesis and characterization techniques for clay-based polymer nano-composites and its biomedical applications: A review

P Das, S Manna, AK Behera, M Shee, P Basak… - Environmental …, 2022 - Elsevier
Clays and its composites have received considerable attention recently due to their low cost,
wide availability and low environmental impact. The development of various preparation …

Antimicrobial applications of clay nanotube-based composites

A Stavitskaya, S Batasheva, V Vinokurov, G Fakhrullina… - Nanomaterials, 2019 - mdpi.com
Halloysite nanotubes with different outer surface/inner lumen chemistry (SiO2/Al2O3) are
natural objects with a 50 nm diameter hollow cylindrical structure, which are able to carry …

Applications of halloysite in tissue engineering

E Gkouma, E Gianni, K Avgoustakis, D Papoulis - Applied Clay Science, 2021 - Elsevier
Halloysite is an aluminosilicate mineral, with characteristic tubular morphology, that has
been widely used in several pharmaceutical applications. This review study is focusing on …

Reducing ZnO nanoparticles toxicity through silica coating

SL Chia, DT Leong - Heliyon, 2016 - cell.com
ZnO NPs have good antimicrobial activity that can be utilized as agents to prevent harmful
microorganism growth in food. However, the use of ZnO NPs as food additive is limited by …

Toward designing of anti-infective hydrogels for orthopedic implants: from lab to clinic

D Garg, I Matai, A Sachdev - ACS Biomaterials Science & …, 2021 - ACS Publications
An alarming increase in implant failure incidence due to microbial colonization on the
administered orthopedic implants has become a horrifying threat to replacement surgeries …

Antimicrobial Metal and Metal Oxide Nanoparticles in Bone Tissue Repair

G Shineh, M Mobaraki, E Afzali, F Alakija… - Biomedical Materials & …, 2024 - Springer
After the implantation of dental implants or orthopedic device, there is a “race for the
surface,” a competitive battle between bacteria and host cells for the occupation of the …

Hybrid gum tragacanth/sodium alginate hydrogel reinforced with silver nanotriangles for bacterial biofilm inhibition

D Garg, I Matai, S Agrawal, A Sachdev - Biofouling, 2022 - Taylor & Francis
Biomaterial associated bacterial infections are indomitable to treatment due to the rise in
antibiotic resistant strains, thereby triggering the need for new antibacterial agents. Herein …

Microbial Synthesized Ag/AgCl Nanoparticles Using Staphylococcus pasteuri sp. nov., ZAR1: Antimutagenicity, Antimicrobial Agent

SN Fakher, FJ Kashi - Journal of Inorganic and Organometallic Polymers …, 2021 - Springer
This study investigated the microbial synthesis of Ag/AgCl nanoparticles, their mutagenicity,
antimutagenicity and antibacterial effects. For this purpose, bacteria isolates were taken from …

Creating structured hydrogel microenvironments for regulating stem cell differentiation

DK Mills, Y Luo, A Elumalai, S Esteve, S Karnik, S Yao - Gels, 2020 - mdpi.com
The development of distinct biomimetic microenvironments for regulating stem cell behavior
and bioengineering human tissues and disease models requires a solid understanding of …

3D printing: Prospects and challenges

JP Martins, MPA Ferreira, NZ Ezazi, JT Hirvonen… - … in Preventive and …, 2018 - Elsevier
Regenerative medicine is an emergent multidisciplinary field that aims to significantly
improve tissue repair or restoration, thus focusing on tissue engineering (TE) in regenerative …