ZnO applications and challenges

O Oprea, E Andronescu, D Ficai, A Ficai… - Current Organic …, 2014 - ingentaconnect.com
Metal oxide nanoparticles represent a new class of important materials that are increasingly
being developed for use in research and health-related applications. Although the in vitro …

Silver based materials for biomedical applications

IA Nedelcu, A Ficai, M Sonmez, D Ficai… - Current Organic …, 2014 - ingentaconnect.com
Silver is a well known antimicrobial agent against a wide range of microorganisms–over 650
microorganisms from different classes, such as gram-positive and gram-negative bacteria …

Hybrid magnetite nanoparticles/Rosmarinus officinalis essential oil nanobiosystem with antibiofilm activity

C Chifiriuc, V Grumezescu, AM Grumezescu… - Nanoscale research …, 2012 - Springer
Biofilms formed by fungal organisms are associated with drastically enhanced resistance
against most antimicrobial agents, contributing to the persistence of the fungi despite …

Gadolinium-doped carbon quantum dots loaded magnetite nanoparticles as a bimodal nanoprobe for both fluorescence and magnetic resonance imaging

Y Huang, L Li, D Zhang, L Gan, P Zhao, Y Zhang… - Magnetic Resonance …, 2020 - Elsevier
Nowadays, it is highly desired to develop dual-modal fluorescence and magnetic resonance
imaging (FI/MRI) probes in medical imaging because it unites the respective advantages of …

Virulence and resistance features of Pseudomonas aeruginosa strains isolated from chronic leg ulcers

M Georgescu, I Gheorghe, C Curutiu, V Lazar… - BMC infectious …, 2016 - Springer
Background The purpose of this study was to evaluate the virulence profiles of
Pseudomonas aeruginosa clinical strains recently isolated from patients hospitalized for …

Modified wound dressing with phyto-nanostructured coating to prevent staphylococcal and pseudomonal biofilm development

I Anghel, AM Holban, AM Grumezescu… - Nanoscale research …, 2012 - Springer
This paper reports a newly fabricated nanophyto-modified wound dressing with microbicidal
and anti-adherence properties. Nanofluid-based magnetite doped with eugenol or limonene …

Preparation and characterization of biofunctionalized chitosan/Fe3O4 magnetic nanoparticles for application in liver magnetic resonance imaging

X Song, X Luo, Q Zhang, A Zhu, L Ji, C Yan - Journal of Magnetism and …, 2015 - Elsevier
Biofunctionalized chitosan@ Fe 3 O 4 nanoparticles are synthesized by combining Fe 3 O 4
and CS chemically modified with PEG and lactobionic acid in one step. The …

Magnetite nanoparticles for functionalized textile dressing to prevent fungal biofilms development

I Anghel, AM Grumezescu, E Andronescu… - Nanoscale research …, 2012 - Springer
The purpose of this work was to investigate the potential of functionalized magnetite
nanoparticles to improve the antibiofilm properties of textile dressing, tested in vitro against …

Synthesis, characterization and in vitro assessment of the magnetic chitosan–carboxymethylcellulose biocomposite interactions with the prokaryotic and eukaryotic …

AM Grumezescu, E Andronescu, A Ficai… - International journal of …, 2012 - Elsevier
Preparation and characterization of CS/Fe3O4/CMC composite scaffolds including the
morphology, crystallinity, and the in vitro efficacy as antibiotic delivery vehicles as well as …

Water dispersible magnetite nanoparticles influence the efficacy of antibiotics against planktonic and biofilm embedded Enterococcus faecalis cells

MC Chifiriuc, AM Grumezescu, E Andronescu, A Ficai… - Anaerobe, 2013 - Elsevier
The objective of this study was to investigate the potential of magnetic nanoparticles to
potentiate, but also to accomplish a sustained and controlled drug release and subsequently …