How can nanotechnology help to combat COVID-19? Opportunities and urgent need

EVR Campos, AES Pereira, JL De Oliveira… - Journal of …, 2020 - Springer
Incidents of viral outbreaks have increased at an alarming rate over the past decades. The
most recent human coronavirus known as COVID-19 (SARS-CoV-2) has already spread …

Nanoparticles and their antimicrobial properties against pathogens including bacteria, fungi, parasites and viruses

A Khezerlou, M Alizadeh-Sani, M Azizi-Lalabadi… - Microbial …, 2018 - Elsevier
In recent year, propagation and resistance of pathogenic microorganisms (bacteria, fungi
and virals) to common antimicrobial agents has led to serious health and food problems …

Can nanotechnology and materials science help the fight against SARS-CoV-2?

MC Sportelli, M Izzi, EA Kukushkina, SI Hossain… - Nanomaterials, 2020 - mdpi.com
Since 2004, we have been develo** nanomaterials with antimicrobial properties, the so-
called nanoantimicrobials. When the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) emerged, we …

Synthesis, characterization and use of iron oxide nano particles for antibacterial activity

S Saqib, MFH Munis, W Zaman, F Ullah… - Microscopy research …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
In this decade, the use of nano particles (NPs) against bacterial growth is increasing day by
day due to remarkable alternative properties compared to molecular antibiotics. Thus, the …

The pros and cons of the use of laser ablation synthesis for the production of silver nano-antimicrobials

MC Sportelli, M Izzi, A Volpe, M Clemente, RA Picca… - Antibiotics, 2018 - mdpi.com
Silver nanoparticles (AgNPs) are well-known for their antimicrobial effects and several
groups are proposing them as active agents to fight antimicrobial resistance. A wide variety …

[HTML][HTML] Bioactive ZnO nanoparticles: biosynthesis, characterization and potential antimicrobial applications

MA Huq, MAI Apu, M Ashrafudoulla, MM Rahman… - Pharmaceutics, 2023 - mdpi.com
In recent years, biosynthesized zinc oxide nanoparticles (ZnONPs) have gained tremendous
attention because of their safe and non-toxic nature and distinctive biomedical applications …

[HTML][HTML] A review on montmorillonite-based nanoantimicrobials: state of the art

SI Hossain, EA Kukushkina, M Izzi, MC Sportelli… - Nanomaterials, 2023 - mdpi.com
One of the crucial challenges of our time is to effectively use metal and metal oxide
nanoparticles (NPs) as an alternative way to combat drug-resistant infections. Metal and …

[HTML][HTML] On the efficacy of ZnO nanostructures against SARS-CoV-2

MC Sportelli, M Izzi, D Loconsole, A Sallustio… - International journal of …, 2022 - mdpi.com
In 2019, the new coronavirus disease (COVID-19), related to the severe acute respiratory
syndrome coronavirus (SARS-CoV-2), started spreading around the word, giving rise to the …

[HTML][HTML] Influence of nanotechnology to combat against COVID-19 for global health emergency: A review

A Rangayasami, K Kannan, S Murugesan… - Sensors …, 2021 - Elsevier
Covid 2019 is spreading and emerging rapidly all over the world as a new social disaster.
This virus is accountable for the continuous epidemic that causes severe respiratory …

Recent advances on the spectroscopic characterization of microbial biofilms: A critical review

MC Sportelli, C Kranz, B Mizaikoff, N Cioffi - Analytica chimica acta, 2022 - Elsevier
Biofilms are a major cause of health and environmental issues. Bacteria organized in
biofilms are much more resistant to biocides than their equivalents in the planktonic state. In …