A review of visible light-active photocatalysts for water disinfection: Features and prospects

J You, Y Guo, R Guo, X Liu - Chemical engineering journal, 2019 - Elsevier
Photocatalysis has emerged as a valuable approach for microbial disinfection. The
development of visible light-active (VLA) photocatalysts to tackle water contamination is …

Nanomaterials for alternative antibacterial therapy

HA Hemeg - International journal of nanomedicine, 2017 - Taylor & Francis
Despite an array of cogent antibiotics, bacterial infections, notably those produced by
nosocomial pathogens, still remain a leading factor of morbidity and mortality around the …

Gelatin-based functional films integrated with grapefruit seed extract and TiO2 for active food packaging applications

Z Riahi, R Priyadarshi, JW Rhim, R Bagheri - Food Hydrocolloids, 2021 - Elsevier
Gelatin-based functional films were prepared by the addition of grapefruit seed extract (GSE,
5 wt% based on gelatin) and various amounts of TiO 2 (0.5, 1.0, 3.0, and 5.0 wt% based on …

Bio-inspired and biomaterials-based hybrid photocatalysts for environmental detoxification: A review

A Kumar, G Sharma, M Naushad, H Ala'a… - Chemical Engineering …, 2020 - Elsevier
New materials tend to revolutionize scientific community and human race on a larger level.
Scientists worldwide have not just been working on some wondrous materials with superior …

Antimicrobial photodynamic therapy: Latest developments with a focus on combinatory strategies

R Youf, M Müller, A Balasini, F Thétiot, M Müller… - Pharmaceutics, 2021 - mdpi.com
Antimicrobial photodynamic therapy (aPDT) has become a fundamental tool in modern
therapeutics, notably due to the expanding versatility of photosensitizers (PSs) and the …

Antimicrobial activity of photocatalysts: fundamentals, mechanisms, kinetics and recent advances

P Ganguly, C Byrne, A Breen, SC Pillai - Applied Catalysis B …, 2018 - Elsevier
Photocatalysis has recently been emerged as an effective green solution for antimicrobial
disinfection applications. Photocatalytic disinfection has been observed to be efficient in …

Toxicity of nanomaterials: exposure, pathways, assessment, and recent advances

P Ganguly, A Breen, SC Pillai - ACS Biomaterials Science & …, 2018 - ACS Publications
Growth in production of manufactured goods and the use of nanomaterials in consumer
products has mounted in the past few decades. Nanotoxicology or toxicity assessment of …

An approach to the photocatalytic mechanism in the TiO2-nanomaterials microorganism interface for the control of infectious processes

V Rodríguez-González, S Obregón… - Applied Catalysis B …, 2020 - Elsevier
The approach of this timely review considers the current literature that is focused on the
interface nanostructure/cell-wall microorganism to understand the annihilation mechanism …

Review on chitosan-based antibacterial hydrogels: preparation, mechanisms, and applications

Y Wang, Z Wang, W Lu, Y Hu - International Journal of Biological …, 2024 - Elsevier
Chitosan (CS) is known for its remarkable properties, such as good biocompatibility,
biodegradability, and renewability, in addition to its antibacterial and biological activities …

Visible-light active titanium dioxide nanomaterials with bactericidal properties

C Liao, Y Li, SC Tjong - Nanomaterials, 2020 - mdpi.com
This article provides an overview of current research into the development, synthesis,
photocatalytic bacterial activity, biocompatibility and cytotoxic properties of various visible …