Multifunctional antimicrobial materials: From rational design to biomedical applications

S Duan, R Wu, YH Xiong, HM Ren, C Lei… - Progress in Materials …, 2022 - Elsevier
Though the history of mankind, we are strongly fighting with infected diseases that are
induced by bacteria, fungi, viruses, and other pathogens. Although a variety of medicines …

Advances in nanomaterial-based platforms to combat COVID-19: Diagnostics, preventions, therapeutics, and vaccine developments

N Mahmud, MI Anik, MK Hossain, MI Khan… - ACS Applied Bio …, 2022 - ACS Publications
The COVID-19 pandemic caused by the SARS-CoV-2, a ribonucleic acid (RNA) virus that
emerged less than two years ago but has caused nearly 6.1 million deaths to date. Recently …

Recent breakthroughs of antibacterial and antiviral protective polymeric materials during COVID-19 pandemic and after pandemic: Coating, packaging, and textile …

S Mallakpour, E Azadi, CM Hussain - Current Opinion in Colloid & Interface …, 2021 - Elsevier
The global epidemic owing to COVID-19 has generated awareness to ensuring best
practices for avoiding the microorganism spread. Indeed, because of the increase in …

High-performance antiviral nano-systems as a shield to inhibit viral infections: SARS-CoV-2 as a model case study

MA Sadique, S Yadav, P Ranjan, S Verma… - Journal of Materials …, 2021 - pubs.rsc.org
Despite significant accomplishments in developing efficient rapid sensing systems and nano-
therapeutics of higher efficacy, the recent coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic is not …

Polymeric biomaterials for prevention and therapeutic intervention of microbial infections

S Ghosh, S Mukherjee, D Patra, J Haldar - Biomacromolecules, 2022 - ACS Publications
The escalating emergence of multidrug-resistant (MDR) pathogens and their ability to
colonize into biofilms on a multitude of surfaces have struck global health as a nightmare …

[HTML][HTML] Effective and biocompatible antibacterial surfaces via facile synthesis and surface modification of peptide polymers

Z Lu, Y Wu, Z Cong, Y Qian, X Wu, N Shao, Z Qiao… - Bioactive materials, 2021 - Elsevier
It is an urgent need to tackle drug-resistance microbial infections that are associated with
implantable biomedical devices. Host defense peptide-mimicking polymers have been …

Chemical design principles of next-generation antiviral surface coatings

N Wang, AR Ferhan, BK Yoon, JA Jackman… - Chemical Society …, 2021 - pubs.rsc.org
The ongoing coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic has accelerated efforts to
develop high-performance antiviral surface coatings while highlighting the need to build a …

Preparation of quaternized chitosan/Ag composite nanogels in inverse miniemulsions for durable and antimicrobial cotton fabrics

F Gao, Y Mi, X Wu, J Yao, Q Qi, W Chen, Z Cao - Carbohydrate Polymers, 2022 - Elsevier
It is an urgent task to exploit effective antimicrobial agents due to the rise of drug-resistant
pathogens. Herein, antimicrobial quaternized chitosan/Ag composite nanogels (QCS/Ag …

Surface antimicrobial functionalization with polymers: Fabrication, mechanisms and applications

CG Wang, NEB Surat'man, JJQ Mah, C Qu… - Journal of Materials …, 2022 - pubs.rsc.org
Undesirable adhesion of microbes such as bacteria, fungi and viruses onto surfaces affects
many industries such as marine, food, textile, and healthcare. In particular in healthcare and …

Towards antiviral polymer composites to combat COVID‐19 transmission

AP Mouritz, J Galos, DP Linklater, RB Ladani… - Nano …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Polymer matrix composite materials have the capacity to aid the indirect transmission of viral
diseases. Published research shows that respiratory viruses, including severe acute …