Wound dressings functionalized with silver nanoparticles: promises and pitfalls

K Kalantari, E Mostafavi, AM Afifi, Z Izadiyan… - Nanoscale, 2020 - pubs.rsc.org
Infections are the main reason why most people die from burns and diabetic wounds. The
clinical challenge for treating wound infections through traditional antibiotics has been …

Recent advances in electrospun protein fibers/nanofibers for the food and biomedical applications

M Rostami, N Beheshtizadeh, FE Ranjbar… - Advances in Colloid and …, 2023 - Elsevier
Electrospinning (ES) is one of the most investigated processes for the convenient, adaptive,
and scalable manufacturing of nano/micro/macro-fibers. With this technique, virgin and …

Reusability comparison of melt-blown vs nanofiber face mask filters for use in the coronavirus pandemic

S Ullah, A Ullah, J Lee, Y Jeong… - ACS Applied nano …, 2020 - ACS Publications
Shortage of face masks is a current critical concern since the emergence of coronavirus-2 or
SARS-CoV-2 (COVID-19). In this work, we compared the melt-blown (MB) filter, which is …

Synergistic combinations of metal, metal oxide, or metalloid nanoparticles plus antibiotics against resistant and non-resistant bacteria

M Alavi, MR Hamblin, F Martinez… - Micro Nano Bio …, 2022 - mnba-journal.com
The emergence of drug resistance in pathogenic bacteria due to the indiscriminate use of
antibiotics is a major challenge to global public health. Therefore, improved and more …

Electrospun fibers and their application in drug controlled release, biological dressings, tissue repair, and enzyme immobilization

Y Sun, S Cheng, W Lu, Y Wang, P Zhang, Q Yao - RSC advances, 2019 - pubs.rsc.org
Electrospinning is a method of preparing microfibers or nanofibers by using an electrostatic
force to stretch the electrospinning fluid. Electrospinning has gained considerable attention …

Manuka honey incorporated cellulose acetate nanofibrous mats: Fabrication and in vitro evaluation as a potential wound dressing

A Ullah, S Ullah, MQ Khan, M Hashmi, PD Nam… - International journal of …, 2020 - Elsevier
Wound dressings are the primary barrier between the wound surface and the outer
environment. Here we report the fabrication of cellulose acetate (CA)–Manuka honey (MH) …

Electrospinning proteins for wound healing purposes: opportunities and challenges

A Akhmetova, A Heinz - Pharmaceutics, 2020 - mdpi.com
With the growth of the aging population worldwide, chronic wounds represent an increasing
burden to healthcare systems. Wound healing is complex and not only affected by the …

Unfolding the electrospinning potential of biopolymers for preparation of nanofibers

R Jain, S Shetty, KS Yadav - Journal of Drug Delivery Science and …, 2020 - Elsevier
Nanofibers have unique potentials in tissue engineering, medical devices, drug delivery,
diagnostics etc. due to their exceptional properties like high porosity, large surface area to …

Silver sulfadiazine-loaded electrospun ethyl cellulose/polylactic acid/collagen nanofibrous mats with antibacterial properties for wound healing

S Ahmadian, M Ghorbani, F Mahmoodzadeh - International Journal of …, 2020 - Elsevier
Recently, the electrospun nanofiber mats with appropriate properties for applications in the
biomedical area has been more considered. In this regard, we successfully fabricated a …

[HTML][HTML] Copper oxide (CuO) loaded polyacrylonitrile (PAN) nanofiber membranes for antimicrobial breath mask applications

M Hashmi, S Ullah, IS Kim - Current Research in Biotechnology, 2019 - Elsevier
Bacteria free clean air is important for healthy life. Current research is mainly focused on
nonwoven and antibacterial breath mask development. Copper oxide was selected as …