Photocatalytic antimicrobials: principles, design strategies, and applications

B Ran, L Ran, Z Wang, J Liao, D Li, K Chen… - Chemical …, 2023 - ACS Publications
Nowadays, the increasing emergence of antibiotic-resistant pathogenic microorganisms
requires the search for alternative methods that do not cause drug resistance. Phototherapy …

Applications of electrospinning in human health: From detection, protection, regulation to reconstruction

Y Si, S Shi, J Hu - Nano Today, 2023 - Elsevier
Electrospinning is a mature and efficient method to produce nanofiber materials with
different dimensions and morphologies. In the context of increasingly prominent human …

Stimuli-activable metal-bearing nanomaterials and precise on-demand antibacterial strategies

Y Zhong, XT Zheng, S Zhao, X Su, XJ Loh - ACS nano, 2022 - ACS Publications
Bacterial infections remain the leading cause of death worldwide today. The emergence of
antibiotic resistance has urged the development of alternative antibacterial technologies to …

Protective face masks: current status and future trends

A Tuñón-Molina, K Takayama… - … Applied Materials & …, 2021 - ACS Publications
Management of the COVID-19 pandemic caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome
coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) has relied in part on the use of personal protective equipment …

Antibacterial electrospun nanofibrous materials for wound healing

Z Wang, W Hu, W Wang, Y **ao, Y Chen… - Advanced Fiber …, 2023 - Springer
One of the leading causes of wound healing delays is bacterial infection, which limits the
process of restoring the histological and functional integrity of the skin. Electrospun …

High-performance multifunctional electrospun fibrous air filter for personal protection: A review

Z Shao, H Chen, Q Wang, G Kang, X Wang, W Li… - Separation and …, 2022 - Elsevier
With the increasingly serious air pollution and the rampant coronavirus disease 2019
(COVID–19), preparing high–performance air filter to achieve the effective personal …

Nanoparticles: From synthesis to applications and beyond

A Selmani, D Kovačević, K Bohinc - Advances in colloid and interface …, 2022 - Elsevier
In modern-day research, nanoparticles (size< 100 nm) are an indispensable tool for various
applications, especially in the field of biomedicine. Although enormous efforts have been …

Self-sterilization and self-powered real-time respiratory monitoring of reusable masks engineered by bioinspired coatings

H Li, N Li, Y Yang, L Zhang, W Bai, X Zhang, Y Xu, Y Li - Nano Energy, 2023 - Elsevier
Surgical masks are crucial personal protective equipment to prevent and suppress the
transmission of highly infectious viruses, especially suffered from some pandemic outbreaks …

Electroactive, antibacterial, and biodegradable poly (lactic acid) nanofibrous air filters for healthcare

L Ke, T Yang, C Liang, X Guan, T Li… - … Applied Materials & …, 2023 - ACS Publications
Poly (lactic acid)(PLA)-based nanofibrous membranes (NFMs) hold great potential in the
field of biodegradable filters for air purification but are largely limited by the relatively low …

Nanotechnology transition roadmap toward multifunctional stimuli-responsive face masks

A Zakrzewska, MA Haghighat Bayan… - … Applied Materials & …, 2022 - ACS Publications
In recent times, the use of personal protective equipment, such as face masks or respirators,
is becoming more and more critically important because of common pollution; furthermore …