Sustainable personal protective clothing for healthcare applications: a review

N Karim, S Afroj, K Lloyd, LC Oaten, DV Andreeva… - ACS …, 2020 - ACS Publications
Personal protective equipment (PPE) is critical to protect healthcare workers (HCWs) from
highly infectious diseases such as COVID-19. However, hospitals have been at risk of …

Carbon nanomaterials against pathogens; the antimicrobial activity of carbon nanotubes, graphene/graphene oxide, fullerenes, and their nanocomposites

M Azizi-Lalabadi, H Hashemi, J Feng… - Advances in Colloid and …, 2020 - Elsevier
Recently, antibiotic resistance of pathogens has grown given the excessive and
inappropriate usage of common antimicrobial agents. Hence, producing novel antimicrobial …

Review of antimicrobial nanocoatings in medicine and dentistry: mechanisms of action, biocompatibility performance, safety, and benefits compared to antibiotics

J Butler, RD Handy, M Upton, A Besinis - ACS nano, 2023 - ACS Publications
This review discusses topics relevant to the development of antimicrobial nanocoatings and
nanoscale surface modifications for medical and dental applications. Nanomaterials have …

Perspective and status of polymeric graphitic carbon nitride based Z-scheme photocatalytic systems for sustainable photocatalytic water purification

A Kumar, P Raizada, P Singh, RV Saini… - Chemical Engineering …, 2020 - Elsevier
Developing bioinspired artificial Z-scheme heterojunction photocatalysts with exceedingly
well performance of visible-light harnessing along with optimum band edge potentials is a …

Nanomaterials and nanomaterials-based drug delivery to promote cutaneous wound healing

T Liu, Y Lu, R Zhan, W Qian, G Luo - Advanced Drug Delivery Reviews, 2023 - Elsevier
Various factors could damage the structure and integrity of skin to cause wounds.
Nonhealing or chronic wounds seriously affect the well-being of patients and bring heavy …

[HTML][HTML] Graphene oxide (GO) materials—Applications and toxicity on living organisms and environment

AN Ghulam, OAL Dos Santos, L Hazeem… - Journal of Functional …, 2022 - mdpi.com
Graphene-based materials have attracted much attention due to their fascinating properties
such as hydrophilicity, high dispersion in aqueous media, robust size, high biocompatibility …

MoS2 based nanomaterials: Advanced antibacterial agents for future

AS Sethulekshmi, A Saritha, K Joseph… - Journal of Controlled …, 2022 - Elsevier
Bacterial infections are yet another serious threat to human health. Misuse or overuse of
conventional antibiotics has led to the arrival of various super resistant bacteria along with …

Graphene oxide and carbon dots as broad-spectrum antimicrobial agents–a minireview

A Anand, B Unnikrishnan, SC Wei, CP Chou… - Nanoscale …, 2019 - pubs.rsc.org
Due to the increasing global population, growing contamination of water and air, and wide
spread of infectious diseases, antibiotics are extensively used as a major antibacterial drug …

Polymeric antibacterial materials: Design, platforms and applications

H Luo, XQ Yin, PF Tan, ZP Gu, ZM Liu… - Journal of Materials …, 2021 - pubs.rsc.org
Over the past decades, the morbidity and mortality caused by pathogen invasion remain
stubbornly high even though medical care has increasingly improved worldwide. Besides …

Photothermal bactericidal surfaces: killing bacteria using light instead of biocides

Y Zou, Y Zhang, Q Yu, H Chen - Biomaterials science, 2021 - pubs.rsc.org
Endowing the surfaces of synthetic materials with bactericidal activity is a direct and effective
way to prevent bacterial colonization and biofilm formation, solving the related serious …