Versatile antibacterial materials: an emerging arsenal for combatting bacterial pathogens

X Ding, S Duan, X Ding, R Liu… - Advanced Functional …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Antibacterial materials that prevent bacterial infections and mitigate bacterial virulence have
attracted great scientific interests. In recent decades, the bactericidal polymers have been …

Cellulose-based nanomaterials advance biomedicine: a review

HN Abdelhamid, AP Mathew - International Journal of Molecular Sciences, 2022 - mdpi.com
There are various biomaterials, but none fulfills all requirements. Cellulose biopolymers
have advanced biomedicine to satisfy high market demand and circumvent many ecological …

A review on surface-functionalized cellulosic nanostructures as biocompatible antibacterial materials

M Tavakolian, SM Jafari, TGM van de Ven - Nano-Micro Letters, 2020 - Springer
As the most abundant biopolymer on the earth, cellulose has recently gained significant
attention in the development of antibacterial biomaterials. Biodegradability, renewability …

A review of the recent advances in antimicrobial coatings for urinary catheters

P Singha, J Locklin, H Handa - Acta biomaterialia, 2017 - Elsevier
More than 75% of hospital-acquired or nosocomial urinary tract infections are initiated by
urinary catheters, which are used during the treatment of 15–25% of hospitalized patients …

Dual-function antibacterial surfaces for biomedical applications

Q Yu, Z Wu, H Chen - Acta biomaterialia, 2015 - Elsevier
Bacterial attachment and the subsequent formation of biofilm on surfaces of synthetic
materials pose a serious problem in both human healthcare and industrial applications. In …

[HTML][HTML] The role of electrostatic interactions of anionic and cationic cellulose derivatives for industrial applications: A critical review

RJ Aguado, A Mazega, Q Tarrés… - Industrial Crops and …, 2023 - Elsevier
Some of the most popular cellulose derivatives exhibit charged functional groups, either
cationic (generally, quaternary ammonium moieties) or anionic (most typically, carboxylate …

Chemical modification of bacterial cellulose for the development of an antibacterial wound dressing

I Orlando, P Basnett, R Nigmatullin, W Wang… - … in Bioengineering and …, 2020 - frontiersin.org
Bacterial cellulose is a bacterially derived polymer with great potential for application in
wound healing due to its innate properties such as high biocompatibility and …

Formation of contact active antimicrobial surfaces by covalent grafting of quaternary ammonium compounds

P Elena, K Miri - Colloids and Surfaces B: Biointerfaces, 2018 - Elsevier
Different synthetic strategies for the formation of contact active antimicrobial materials
utilizing covalent linkage of quaternary ammonium compounds (QACs) were reviewed …

Novel bioactive surface functionalization of bacterial cellulose membrane

W Shao, J Wu, H Liu, S Ye, L Jiang, X Liu - Carbohydrate polymers, 2017 - Elsevier
Bacterial cellulose (BC) membrane is a promising biopolymer which can be used for tissue
implants, wound healing, and drug delivery due to its unique properties, such as high …

Surface cationized cellulose nanofibrils for the production of contact active antimicrobial surfaces

S Saini, ÇY Falco, MN Belgacem, J Bras - Carbohydrate polymers, 2016 - Elsevier
In the last decade, a new fiber pretreatment has been proposed to make easy cellulose
fibrillation into microfibrils. In this context, different surface cationized MFC was prepared by …