Antibacterial nanomaterials: mechanisms, impacts on antimicrobial resistance and design principles

M **e, M Gao, Y Yun, M Malmsten… - Angewandte Chemie …, 2023‏ - Wiley Online Library
Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) is one of the biggest threats to the environment and health.
AMR rapidly invalidates conventional antibiotics, and antimicrobial nanomaterials have …

ZnO nanostructured materials and their potential applications: progress, challenges and perspectives

S Raha, M Ahmaruzzaman - Nanoscale Advances, 2022‏ - pubs.rsc.org
Extensive research in nanotechnology has been conducted to investigate new behaviours
and properties of materials with nanoscale dimensions. ZnO NPs owing to their distinct …

Safe nanoparticles: are we there yet?

W Najahi-Missaoui, RD Arnold… - International journal of …, 2020‏ - mdpi.com
The field of nanotechnology has grown over the last two decades and made the transition
from the benchtop to applied technologies. Nanoscale-sized particles, or nanoparticles …

Recent advances in metal decorated nanomaterials and their various biological applications: a review

AA Yaqoob, H Ahmad, T Parveen, A Ahmad… - Frontiers in …, 2020‏ - frontiersin.org
Nanoparticles (nanoparticles) have received much attention in biological application
because of their unique physicochemical properties. The metal-and metal oxide–supported …

Colloidal approaches to zinc oxide nanocrystals

J van Embden, S Gross, KR Kittilstved… - Chemical …, 2022‏ - ACS Publications
Zinc oxide is an extensively studied semiconductor with a wide band gap in the near-UV. Its
many interesting properties have found use in optics, electronics, catalysis, sensing, as well …

Current advancements on the fabrication, modification, and industrial application of zinc oxide as photocatalyst in the removal of organic and inorganic contaminants …

FH Abdullah, NHHA Bakar, MA Bakar - Journal of hazardous materials, 2022‏ - Elsevier
Industrial wastewaters contain hazardous contaminants that pollute the environment and
cause socioeconomic problems, thus demanding the employment of effective remediation …

Properties of zinc oxide nanoparticles and their activity against microbes

KS Siddiqi, A ur Rahman, null Tajuddin… - Nanoscale research …, 2018‏ - Springer
Zinc oxide is an essential ingredient of many enzymes, sun screens, and ointments for pain
and itch relief. Its microcrystals are very efficient light absorbers in the UVA and UVB region …

Review on the improvement of the photocatalytic and antibacterial activities of ZnO

K Qi, B Cheng, J Yu, W Ho - Journal of Alloys and Compounds, 2017‏ - Elsevier
Photocatalytic degradation is an effective method to alleviate environmental pollution
caused by organic pollutants. In this work, research progress on the application of …

Nanoparticle–liver interactions: Cellular uptake and hepatobiliary elimination

YN Zhang, W Poon, AJ Tavares, ID McGilvray… - Journal of controlled …, 2016‏ - Elsevier
99% of administered nanoparticles will accumulate and sequester in the liver after
administration into the body. This results in reduced delivery to the targeted diseased tissue …

Review on zinc oxide nanoparticles: antibacterial activity and toxicity mechanism

A Sirelkhatim, S Mahmud, A Seeni, NHM Kaus… - Nano-micro letters, 2015‏ - Springer
Antibacterial activity of zinc oxide nanoparticles (ZnO-NPs) has received significant interest
worldwide particularly by the implementation of nanotechnology to synthesize particles in …