Stimuli-activable metal-bearing nanomaterials and precise on-demand antibacterial strategies

Y Zhong, XT Zheng, S Zhao, X Su, XJ Loh - ACS nano, 2022 - ACS Publications
Bacterial infections remain the leading cause of death worldwide today. The emergence of
antibiotic resistance has urged the development of alternative antibacterial technologies to …

Recent trends in protein and peptide-based biomaterials for advanced drug delivery

A Varanko, S Saha, A Chilkoti - Advanced drug delivery reviews, 2020 - Elsevier
Engineering protein and peptide-based materials for drug delivery applications has gained
momentum due to their biochemical and biophysical properties over synthetic materials …

[HTML][HTML] Antimicrobial nano-zinc oxide biocomposites for wound healing applications: a review

P Pino, F Bosco, C Mollea, B Onida - Pharmaceutics, 2023 - mdpi.com
Chronic wounds are a major concern for global health, affecting millions of individuals
worldwide. As their occurrence is correlated with age and age-related comorbidities, their …

4D printing and stimuli-responsive materials in biomedical aspects

YS Lui, WT Sow, LP Tan, Y Wu, Y Lai, H Li - Acta biomaterialia, 2019 - Elsevier
Abstract Three-dimensional (3D) printing has revolutionized the world manufacturing
production. In biomedical applications, however, 3D printed constructs fell short of …

[HTML][HTML] Antibacterial smart hydrogels: New hope for infectious wound management

ZA Ahovan, Z Esmaeili, BS Eftekhari, S Khosravimelal… - Materials Today Bio, 2022 - Elsevier
Millions of people die annually due to uncured wound infections. Healthcare systems incur
high costs to treat wound infections. Tt is predicted to become more challenging due to the …

Antibacterial collagen‐based nanocomposite dressings for promoting infected wound healing

W Liao, D Yang, Z Xu, L Zhao, C Mu… - Advanced healthcare …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Pathogenic bacterial infection is the most frequent wound complication, which has become a
major clinical and healthcare challenge in wound management worldwide, leading to …

Recent advances in sustainable antimicrobial food packaging: Insights into release mechanisms, design strategies, and applications in the food industry

Y Zhao, B Li, W Zhang, L Zhang, H Zhao… - Journal of Agricultural …, 2023 - ACS Publications
In response to the issues of foodborne microbial contamination and carbon neutrality goals,
sustainable antimicrobial food packaging (SAFP) composed of renewable or biodegradable …

Polymer-based smart drug delivery systems for skin application and demonstration of stimuli-responsiveness

L Van Gheluwe, I Chourpa, C Gaigne, E Munnier - Polymers, 2021 - mdpi.com
Progress in recent years in the field of stimuli-responsive polymers, whose properties
change depending on the intensity of a signal, permitted an increase in smart drug delivery …

An overview on the recent advances in the treatment of infected wounds: Antibacterial wound dressings

M Mirhaj, S Labbaf, M Tavakoli… - Macromolecular …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
A wound can be surgical cuts from an operation or due to accident and trauma. The infected
wound, as a result of bacteria growth within the damaged skin, interrupts the natural wound …

Hemostatic, biocompatible, and antibacterial non-animal fungal mushroom-based carboxymethyl chitosan-ZnO nanocomposite for wound-healing applications

KM Rao, M Suneetha, GT Park, AG Babu… - International journal of …, 2020 - Elsevier
In this study, non-animal mushroom carboxymethyl chitosan (NAM-CMCS) was used as a
natural polymer stabilizing agent in the ultrasonic preparation of a ZnO nanocomposite at …