Nanotechnology as a promising approach to combat multidrug resistant bacteria: a comprehensive review and future perspectives

HF Hetta, YN Ramadan, AI Al-Harbi, E A. Ahmed… - Biomedicines, 2023 - mdpi.com
The wide spread of antibiotic resistance has been alarming in recent years and poses a
serious global hazard to public health as it leads to millions of deaths all over the world. The …

Review of antimicrobial nanocoatings in medicine and dentistry: mechanisms of action, biocompatibility performance, safety, and benefits compared to antibiotics

J Butler, RD Handy, M Upton, A Besinis - ACS nano, 2023 - ACS Publications
This review discusses topics relevant to the development of antimicrobial nanocoatings and
nanoscale surface modifications for medical and dental applications. Nanomaterials have …

[HTML][HTML] Metal oxide nanoparticles as biomedical materials

MP Nikolova, MS Chavali - Biomimetics, 2020 - mdpi.com
The development of new nanomaterials with high biomedical performance and low toxicity is
essential to obtain more efficient therapy and precise diagnostic tools and devices. Recently …

The role of nanotechnology in tackling global water challenges

MS Mauter, I Zucker, F Perreault, JR Werber… - Nature …, 2018 - nature.com
Sustainable provision of safe, clean and adequate water supply is a global challenge. Water
treatment and desalination technologies remain chemically and energy intensive, ineffective …

Synthesis and biomedical applications of copper oxide nanoparticles: an expanding horizon

N Verma, N Kumar - ACS biomaterials science & engineering, 2019 - ACS Publications
Synthesis of copper oxide nanoparticles with tunable size and desirable properties is a
foremost thrust area of the biomedical research domain. Though these features primarily rely …

[HTML][HTML] Differential Pd-nanocrystal facets demonstrate distinct antibacterial activity against Gram-positive and Gram-negative bacteria

G Fang, W Li, X Shen, JM Perez-Aguilar… - Nature …, 2018 - nature.com
Noble metal-based nanomaterials have shown promise as potential enzyme mimetics, but
the facet effect and underlying molecular mechanisms are largely unknown. Herein, with a …

Metal-based nanoparticles for the treatment of infectious diseases

BA Aderibigbe - Molecules, 2017 - mdpi.com
Infectious diseases can be transmitted and they cause a significant burden on public health
globally. They are the greatest world killers and it is estimated that they are responsible for …

Copper nanoparticles and their oxides: optical, anticancer and antibacterial properties

M Maliki, IH Ifijen, EU Ikhuoria, EM Jonathan… - International Nano …, 2022 - Springer
The remarkable link between the strength and location of the Localized Surface Plasmon
Resonance (LSPR) peak and the size, shape, and density of Cu NPs has been validated by …

Dioxide Nanoparticles

CL de Dicastillo, MG Correa - Antimicrobial Resistance: A One …, 2021 - books.google.com
The widespread use of antibiotics has led to the emergence of multidrugresistant bacterial
strains, and therefore a current concern for food safety and human health. The interest for …

An overview of nanomaterials for industrial wastewater treatment

SM Abdelbasir, AE Shalan - Korean Journal of Chemical Engineering, 2019 - Springer
Industrial wastewater is a universal environmental issue. Numerous organic pollutants,
heavy metals, and non-disintegrating materials are present at extreme concentrations …