[HTML][HTML] Review of the untapped potentials of antimicrobial materials in the construction sector

SK Kirthika, G Goel, A Matthews, S Goel - Progress in Materials Science, 2023 - Elsevier
Microbes can influence the durability of civil engineering structures. Damage caused by
microbes (known as biodeterioration) results in compromised structural integrity causing …

Carbon-based nanomaterials for removal of chemical and biological contaminants from water: A review of mechanisms and applications

SC Smith, DF Rodrigues - Carbon, 2015 - Elsevier
In recent years, significant discoveries related to antimicrobial and adsorption properties of
carbon-based nanomaterials have led to new avenues for removal of various biological and …

A review of removal of pollutants from water/wastewater using different types of nanomaterials

MT Amin, AA Alazba, U Manzoor - Advances in materials …, 2014 - Wiley Online Library
The rapidly increasing population, depleting water resources, and climate change resulting
in prolonged droughts and floods have rendered drinking water a competitive resource in …

Functionalized carbon nanotubes (CNTs) for water and wastewater treatment: preparation to application

MMA Aslam, HW Kuo, W Den, M Usman, M Sultan… - Sustainability, 2021 - mdpi.com
As the world human population and industrialization keep growing, the water availability
issue has forced scientists, engineers, and legislators of water supply industries to better …

Antifouling coatings: recent developments in the design of surfaces that prevent fouling by proteins, bacteria, and marine organisms

I Banerjee, RC Pangule, RS Kane - Advanced materials, 2011 - Wiley Online Library
The major strategies for designing surfaces that prevent fouling due to proteins, bacteria,
and marine organisms are reviewed. Biofouling is of great concern in numerous applications …

Application of carbon nanotube technology for removal of contaminants in drinking water: a review

VKK Upadhyayula, S Deng, MC Mitchell… - Science of the total …, 2009 - Elsevier
Carbon nanotube (CNT) adsorption technology has the potential to support point of use
(POU) based treatment approach for removal of bacterial pathogens, natural organic matter …

Enzymes immobilized on carbon nanotubes

W Feng, P Ji - Biotechnology advances, 2011 - Elsevier
Enzyme immobilizations on carbon nanotubes for fabrication of biosensors and biofuel cells
and for preparation of biocatalysts are rapidly emerging as new research areas. Various …

Antibiotic mediated synthesis of gold nanoparticles with potent antimicrobial activity and their application in antimicrobial coatings

A Rai, A Prabhune, CC Perry - Journal of Materials Chemistry, 2010 - pubs.rsc.org
We report a one-pot synthesis of spherical gold nanoparticles (52–22 nm) and their capping
with cefaclor, a second-generation antibiotic, without use of other chemicals. The differently …

Sharper and faster “nano darts” kill more bacteria: a study of antibacterial activity of individually dispersed pristine single-walled carbon nanotube

S Liu, L Wei, L Hao, N Fang, MW Chang, R Xu… - ACS …, 2009 - ACS Publications
To further our understanding on the antibacterial activity of single-walled carbon nanotubes
(SWCNTs), high purity SWCNTs with average diameter of 0.83 nm and (7, 5) chirality as …

Self-defensive layer-by-layer films with bacteria-triggered antibiotic release

I Zhuk, F Jariwala, AB Attygalle, Y Wu, MR Libera… - ACS …, 2014 - ACS Publications
We report on highly efficient, bioresponsive, controlled-release antibacterial coatings
constructed by direct assembly of tannic acid (TA) with one of several cationic antibiotics …