Synergistic antibacterial strategy based on photodynamic therapy: Progress and perspectives

X Hu, H Zhang, Y Wang, BC Shiu, JH Lin… - Chemical Engineering …, 2022 - Elsevier
The dramatic increase in drug resistant bacteria resistance to existing conventional
antibiotics poses a great challenge to the effective treatment of infectious diseases …

[HTML][HTML] Polymer-based biomaterials for pharmaceutical and biomedical applications: A focus on topical drug administration

PC Pires, F Mascarenhas-Melo, K Pedrosa… - European Polymer …, 2023 - Elsevier
The increasing emergence of skin diseases and the difficulty in treating damaged skin using
conventional therapies have been calling for the development of novel drug delivery …

[HTML][HTML] Mussel-inspired adhesive antioxidant antibacterial hemostatic composite hydrogel wound dressing via photo-polymerization for infected skin wound healing

Y Yang, Y Liang, J Chen, X Duan, B Guo - Bioactive materials, 2022 - Elsevier
With the increasing prevalence of drug-resistant bacterial infections and the slow healing of
chronically infected wounds, the development of new antibacterial and accelerated wound …

Inflammation-responsive drug-loaded hydrogels with sequential hemostasis, antibacterial, and anti-inflammatory behavior for chronically infected diabetic wound …

Y Wang, Y Wu, L Long, L Yang, D Fu… - … applied materials & …, 2021 - ACS Publications
Stimuli-responsive hydrogels possess unique advantages in drug delivery due to their
variable performance and status based on the external environment. In the present study, a …

Multifunctional antimicrobial materials: From rational design to biomedical applications

S Duan, R Wu, YH **ong, 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 …

Photothermal antibacterial materials to promote wound healing

L He, D Di, X Chu, X Liu, Z Wang, J Lu, S Wang… - Journal of Controlled …, 2023 - Elsevier
Wound healing is a crucial process that restores the integrity and function of the skin and
other tissues after injury. However, external factors, such as infection and inflammation, can …

Recent advances in the development and antimicrobial applications of metal–phenolic networks

Y Li, Y Miao, L Yang, Y Zhao, K Wu, Z Lu… - Advanced …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Due to the abuse of antibiotics and the emergence of multidrug resistant microorganisms,
medical devices, and related biomaterials are at high risk of microbial infection during use …

Dual-crosslinked mussel-inspired smart hydrogels with enhanced antibacterial and angiogenic properties for chronic infected diabetic wound treatment via pH …

C Hu, L Long, J Cao, S Zhang, Y Wang - Chemical Engineering Journal, 2021 - Elsevier
The healing of chronic diabetic wounds remains a key challenge due to its susceptibility to
bacterial infection, the inflammatory wound microenvironment, and difficulty in angiogenesis …

[HTML][HTML] Recent advances in engineered polymeric materials for efficient photodynamic inactivation of bacterial pathogens

S Gnanasekar, G Kasi, X He, K Zhang, L Xu, ET Kang - Bioactive Materials, 2023 - Elsevier
Nowadays, infectious diseases persist as a global crisis by causing significant destruction to
public health and the economic stability of countries worldwide. Especially bacterial …

Bioinspired polyacrylic acid‐based dressing: wet adhesive, self‐healing, and multi‐biofunctional coacervate hydrogel accelerates wound healing

L Wang, L Duan, G Liu, J Sun, MA Shahbazi… - Advanced …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Polyacrylic acid (PAA) and its derivatives are commonly used as essential matrices in
wound dressings, but their weak wet adhesion restricts the clinical application. To address …