Do iron oxide nanoparticles have significant antibacterial properties?

SV Gudkov, DE Burmistrov, DA Serov, MB Rebezov… - Antibiotics, 2021 - mdpi.com
The use of metal oxide nanoparticles is one of the promising ways for overcoming antibiotic
resistance in bacteria. Iron oxide nanoparticles (IONPs) have found wide applications in …

Surface modification of magnetic iron oxide nanoparticles

N Zhu, H Ji, P Yu, J Niu, MU Farooq, MW Akram… - Nanomaterials, 2018 - mdpi.com
Functionalized iron oxide nanoparticles (IONPs) are of great interest due to wide range
applications, especially in nanomedicine. However, they face challenges preventing their …

Green synthesis of iron nanoparticles: Sources and multifarious biotechnological applications

V Kumar, NK Kaushik, SK Tiwari, D Singh… - International Journal of …, 2023 - Elsevier
Green synthesis of iron nanoparticles is a highly fascinating research area and has gained
importance due to reliable, sustainable and ecofriendly protocol for synthesizing …

Bacterial biofilm infections, their resistance to antibiotics therapy and current treatment strategies

A Singh, A Amod, P Pandey, P Bose… - Biomedical …, 2022 - iopscience.iop.org
Nearly 80% of human chronic infections are caused due to bacterial biofilm formation. This
is the most leading cause for failure of medical implants resulting in high morbidity and …

Biofilm formation to inhibition: Role of zinc oxide-based nanoparticles

PP Mahamuni-Badiger, PM Patil, MV Badiger… - Materials Science and …, 2020 - Elsevier
Zinc oxide nanoparticles have received much attention worldwide as they possess unique
properties like varied morphology, large surface area to volume ratio, potent antibacterial …

Rare‐earth doped iron oxide nanostructures for cancer theranostics: magnetic hyperthermia and magnetic resonance imaging

SS Laha, ND Thorat, G Singh, CI Sathish, J Yi, A Dixit… - Small, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Superparamagnetic iron oxide nanoparticles (SPIONs) have been extensively investigated
during the last couple of decades because of their potential applications across various …

Design and engineering of magneto-responsive devices for cancer theranostics: Nano to macro perspective

PIP Soares, J Romao, R Matos, JC Silva… - Progress in Materials …, 2021 - Elsevier
Abstract Design, research, and development of new and improved smart multifunctional
devices is one of the main topics in the advanced functional materials agenda for the next …

Bioinorganic antimicrobial strategies in the resistance era

A Regiel-Futyra, JM Dąbrowski, O Mazuryk… - Coordination Chemistry …, 2017 - Elsevier
Abstract The emergence of Multi-Drug-Resistant (MDR) organisms has become a major
worldwide clinical problem. The extensive and routine use of the first-line antibiotics to …

PLA/CaO nanocomposites with antimicrobial and photodegradation properties

C Loyo, V Moreno-Serna, J Fuentes, N Amigo… - Polymer Degradation …, 2022 - Elsevier
CaO nanoparticles sized ca. 26 nm were organically modified with oleic acid (Ol-CaO), and
both were incorporated into PLA at concentrations of 5 and 8 wt.% by a melting process …

Thermophysical properties of Nano-enhanced phase change materials for domestic heating applications

EJ D'Oliveira, SCC Pereira, D Groulx… - Journal of Energy Storage, 2022 - Elsevier
A major problem worldwide is the increase in global energy consumption due to the drastic
growth in population and requirements to meet human thermal comfort. The residential …