Antibiotic resistance is a global human health threat, causing routine treatments of bacterial
infections to become increasingly difficult. The problem is exacerbated by biofilm formation …

This review discusses topics relevant to the development of antimicrobial nanocoatings and
nanoscale surface modifications for medical and dental applications. Nanomaterials have …

Engineering of self-disinfecting surfaces to constrain the spread of SARS-CoV-2 is a
challenging task for the scientific community, because the human coronavirus spreads …

It is commonly accepted that nanoparticles (NPs) can kill bacteria; however, the mechanism
of antimicrobial action remains obscure for large NPs that cannot translocate the bacterial …

Microbes have remarkable capabilities to attach to the surface of implanted medical devices
and form biofilms that adversely impact device function and increase the risk of multidrug …

Along with the rapid development and ever‐deepening understanding of nanoscience and
nanotechnology, nanomaterials hold promise to mimic the highly evolved biological …

The discovery of antibiotics has saved millions of lives, but the emergence of antibiotic‐
resistant bacteria has become another problem in modern medicine. To avoid or reduce the …

Antibiotics, a power tool to combat pathogenic bacterial infection, have experienced their
inability to kill drug-resistant bacteria due to the development of antibiotic resistance. As an …

The emergence of bacterial resistance due to the evolution of microbes under antibiotic
selection pressure, and their ability to form biofilm, has necessitated the development of …

Carbon dots (CDs) with exciting photoluminescence characteristics, mild toxicity, and good
biocompatibility are the research hotspots in biomedical application. Here, a compact …