Antibacterial and antiviral functional materials: chemistry and biological activity toward tackling COVID-19-like pandemics

B Balasubramaniam, Prateek, S Ranjan… - ACS Pharmacology & …, 2020 - ACS Publications
The ongoing worldwide pandemic due to COVID-19 has created awareness toward
ensuring best practices to avoid the spread of microorganisms. In this regard, the research …

Progress in conductive polyaniline-based nanocomposites for biomedical applications: a review

EN Zare, P Makvandi, B Ashtari, F Rossi… - Journal of medicinal …, 2019 - ACS Publications
Inherently conducting polymers (ICPs) are a specific category of synthetic polymers with
distinctive electro-optic properties, which involve conjugated chains with alternating single …

Recent advances of polyaniline composites in anticorrosive coatings: A review

F Gao, J Mu, Z Bi, S Wang, Z Li - Progress in Organic Coatings, 2021 - Elsevier
Polyaniline (PANI), as a representative of conductive polymers, has been widely used in anti-
corrosion coatings. However, polyaniline has some disadvantages, such as poor dispersion …

Injectable antibacterial conductive hydrogels with dual response to an electric field and pH for localized “smart” drug release

J Qu, X Zhao, PX Ma, B Guo - Acta biomaterialia, 2018 - Elsevier
Injectable hydrogels with multistimuli responsiveness to electrical field and pH as a drug
delivery system have been rarely reported. Herein, we developed a series of injectable …

Organic Bioelectronics for In Vitro Systems

C Pitsalidis, AM Pappa, AJ Boys, Y Fu… - Chemical …, 2021 - ACS Publications
Bioelectronics have made strides in improving clinical diagnostics and precision medicine.
The potential of bioelectronics for bidirectional interfacing with biology through continuous …

Organic photo-antimicrobials: Principles, molecule design, and applications

B Ran, Z Wang, W Cai, L Ran, W Xia… - Journal of the …, 2021 - ACS Publications
The emergence of multi-drug-resistant pathogens threatens the healthcare systems world-
wide. Recent advances in phototherapy (PT) approaches mediated by photo-antimicrobials …

Self-healing conductive injectable hydrogels with antibacterial activity as cell delivery carrier for cardiac cell therapy

R Dong, X Zhao, B Guo, PX Ma - ACS applied materials & …, 2016 - ACS Publications
Cell therapy is a promising strategy to regenerate cardiac tissue for myocardial infarction.
Injectable hydrogels with conductivity and self-healing ability are highly desirable as cell …

Application of conducting polymers to wound care and skin tissue engineering: A review

M Talikowska, X Fu, G Lisak - Biosensors and Bioelectronics, 2019 - Elsevier
The use of intrinsically conducting polymers (CPs) in wound care and skin tissue
engineering presents a novel opportunity for accelerated wound healing, enhanced …

Nanoengineered peptide‐based antimicrobial conductive supramolecular biomaterial for cardiac tissue engineering

P Chakraborty, H Oved, D Bychenko, Y Yao… - Advanced …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Owing to their dynamic nature and ordered architecture, supramolecular materials strikingly
resemble organic components of living systems. Although short‐peptide self‐assembled …

Tissue engineering of electrically responsive tissues using polyaniline based polymers: A review

TH Qazi, R Rai, AR Boccaccini - Biomaterials, 2014 - Elsevier
Conducting polymers have found numerous applications as biomaterial components serving
to effectively deliver electrical signals from an external source to the seeded cells. Several …