The interaction of bacteria with engineered nanostructured polymeric materials: a review

I Armentano, CR Arciola, E Fortunati… - The Scientific World …, 2014 - Wiley Online Library
Bacterial infections are a leading cause of morbidity and mortality worldwide. In spite of
great advances in biomaterials research and development, a significant proportion of …

Combined effects of cellulose nanocrystals and silver nanoparticles on the barrier and migration properties of PLA nano-biocomposites

E Fortunati, M Peltzer, I Armentano, A Jiménez… - Journal of Food …, 2013 - Elsevier
Poly (lactic acid)(PLA)-based high performance nano-biocomposites were prepared to be
used in active food packaging. Pristine (CNC) and surfactant modified cellulose …

Synergic Effect of Nanolignin and Metal Oxide Nanoparticles into Poly(l-lactide) Bionanocomposites: Material Properties, Antioxidant Activity, and Antibacterial …

E Lizundia, I Armentano, F Luzi, F Bertoglio… - ACS Applied Bio …, 2020 - ACS Publications
Binary and ternary poly (l-lactide)(PLLA)-based nanocomposites, containing nanolignin (1
wt%) and different metal oxide nanoparticles (0.5 wt%, Ag2O, TiO2, WO3, Fe2O3, and …

Preparation and study of the thermal, barrier and antibacterial properties of polylactic acid-fluorphlogopite-silver nanoparticles nanocomposite films

A Nabgui, N Follain, E Vidović, J El Haskouri… - Progress in organic …, 2022 - Elsevier
Nowadays, there is an increasing need to develop new green biodegradable materials for
active antimicrobial food packaging applications. In this work, polylactic acid-2 …

A novel biodegradable composite polymer material based on plga and silver oxide nanoparticles with unique physicochemical properties and biocompatibility with …

VV Smirnova, DN Chausov, DA Serov, VA Kozlov… - Materials, 2021 - mdpi.com
A method for obtaining a stable colloidal solution of silver oxide nanoparticles has been
developed using laser ablation. The method allows one to obtain nanoparticles with a …

PLGA/Ag nanocomposites: in vitro degradation study and silver ion release

E Fortunati, L Latterini, S Rinaldi, JM Kenny… - Journal of Materials …, 2011 - Springer
New nanocomposite films based on a biodegradable poly (DL-Lactide-co-Glycolide)
copolymer (PLGA) and different concentration of silver nanoparticles (Ag) were developed …

Combined effects of Ag nanoparticles and oxygen plasma treatment on PLGA morphological, chemical, and antibacterial properties

E Fortunati, S Mattioli, L Visai, M Imbriani… - …, 2013 - ACS Publications
The purpose of this study is to investigate the combined effects of oxygen plasma treatments
and silver nanoparticles (Ag) on PLGA in order to modulate the surface antimicrobial …

Antimicrobial properties and cytocompatibility of PLGA/Ag nanocomposites

M Scavone, I Armentano, E Fortunati, F Cristofaro… - Materials, 2016 - mdpi.com
The purpose of this study was to investigate the antimicrobial properties of multifunctional
nanocomposites based on poly (dl-Lactide-co-Glycolide)(PLGA) and increasing …

Integrated PLGA–Ag nanocomposite systems to control the degradation rate and antibacterial properties

S Rinaldi, E Fortunati, M Taddei… - Journal of Applied …, 2013 - Wiley Online Library
Biodegradable polymer based nanocomposite materials have attracted much attention since
they can be used for biomedical and pharmaceutical applications. In order to have highly …

Targeting difficult protein-protein interactions with plain and general computational approaches

M Ferraro, G Colombo - Molecules, 2018 - mdpi.com
Investigating protein-protein interactions (PPIs) holds great potential for therapeutic
applications, since they mediate intricate cell signaling networks in physiological and …