Infections caused by bacteria are one of the main causes of mortality in hospitals all over the
world. Bacteria can grow on many different surfaces and when this occurs, and bacteria …

Silver was widely used in medicine to treat bacterial infections in the 19th and early 20th
century, up until the discovery and development of the first modern antibiotics in the 1940s …

Conductive scaffolds are suitable candidates for cardiovascular tissue engineering (CTE)
due to their similarity to the extracellular matrix of native tissue. Here, nanofiber scaffolds …

Wound dressings with long-term antimicrobial activity are highly desired for treatment of
chronic wound infections. Herein, the sustained antimicrobial wound dressings were …

Chitosan/TiO 2 functionalized polypropylene (CS/TiO 2/PP) nonwoven fabrics were
fabricated through crosslinking of chitosan with glutaraldehyde followed by loading of TiO 2 …

The present study relates to form a self-assembled coating on cotton fabric using layer-by-
layer (LBL) technique to impart antimicrobial property. Poly (styrenesulfonate)(PSS) and …

Abstract Treatment of non-healing skin wounds infected with extensively drug-resistant
(XDR) bacteria remains as a big challenge. To date, different biomaterials have been …

The aim of this work is to design a wound dressing able to release chlorhexidine (CHX) as
antiseptic agent, ensuring long-lasting antibacterial efficacy during the healing. The textile …

Chitosan is a poly-β-(1-4)-D-glucosamine obtained from the deacetylation of chitin. Its
chemical properties and biological properties provide a broad potential application in the …

Wound infection has been a persistent problem that is common and costly. Thermosensitive
hydrogel has been demonstrated to be a suitable dressing candidate due to its high …