Leveraging the potential of silver nanoparticles-based materials towards sustainable water treatment

SA Khan, M Jain, A Pandey, KK Pant, ZM Ziora… - Journal of …, 2022 - Elsevier
Increasing demand of pure and accessible water and improper disposal of waste into the
existing water resources are the major challenges for sustainable development. Nanoscale …

The overview of antimicrobial peptide‐coated implants against oral bacterial infections

Z Sun, L Ma, X Sun, AJ Sloan… - …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Dental implants are the most common therapeutic approach for resolving tooth loss and
damage. Despite technical advances in treatment, implant failure rates can be as high as …

[HTML][HTML] Application of electrospun nonwoven fibers in air filters

IA Borojeni, G Gajewski, RA Riahi - Fibers, 2022 - mdpi.com
Air filtration has seen a sizable increase in the global market this past year due to the COVID-
19 pandemic. Nanofiber nonwoven mats are able to reach certain efficiencies with a low …

[HTML][HTML] Metal, metal oxide and polymeric nanoformulations for the inhibition of bacterial quorum sensing

M Alavi, L Li, A Nokhodchi - Drug Discovery Today, 2023 - Elsevier
Antibiotic resistance of bacteria has caused a significant public health challenge and
economic problem, resulting in a necessity to find efficient antibacterial agents …

[HTML][HTML] Magnetite nanoparticles and essential oils systems for advanced antibacterial therapies

AD Mihai, C Chircov, AM Grumezescu… - International Journal of …, 2020 - mdpi.com
Essential oils (EOs) have attracted considerable interest in the past few years, with
increasing evidence of their antibacterial, antiviral, antifungal, and insecticidal effects …

[HTML][HTML] Facet nanoarchitectonics of visible-light driven Ag3PO4 photocatalytic micromotors: Tuning motion for biofilm eradication

D Rojas, M Kuthanova, K Dolezelikova… - NPG Asia Materials, 2022 - nature.com
The customized design of micro-/nanomotors represents one of the main research topics in
the field of micro-/nanomotors; however, the effects of different crystal facets on micromotor …

Improving the antimicrobial performance of amphiphilic cationic antimicrobial peptides using glutamic acid full-scan and positive charge compensation strategies

X Ouyang, B Li, Y Yang, Z Ba, J Zhang… - Journal of Medicinal …, 2022 - ACS Publications
Nonselective toxicity of antimicrobial peptides (AMPs) needs to be solved urgently for their
application. Temporin-PE (T-PE, FLPIVAKLLSGLL-NH2), an AMP extracted from skin …

Gold− Titanium dioxide heterojunction for enhanced sonodynamic mediated biofilm eradication and peri-implant infection treatment

F Li, Q Pan, Y Ling, J Guo, Y Huo, C Xu, M Xiong… - Chemical Engineering …, 2023 - Elsevier
Peri-implant infection caused by bacterial biofilm is the main reason for dental implant repair
failure. The success of controlling infection depends mainly on eliminating bacterial biofilm …

The antibacterial activity of kaempferol combined with colistin against colistin-resistant gram-negative bacteria

H Zhou, M Xu, W Guo, Z Yao, X Du, L Chen… - Microbiology …, 2022 - Am Soc Microbiol
Social hygiene is seriously threatened by the rise in colistin (COL) resistance against Gram-
negative bacteria (GNB). With resistance to last-line antibiotics such as COL becoming more …

The anti-biofilm capability of nano-emodin-mediated sonodynamic therapy on multi-species biofilms produced by burn wound bacterial strains

M Pourhajibagher, B Rahimi-Esboei, H Ahmadi… - Photodiagnosis and …, 2021 - Elsevier
Background Management of burn wound infections (BWIs) is difficult due to the emergence
of multidrug-resistant microorganisms. This study aimed to explore the anti-biofilm efficacy of …