Antibacterial and antiviral functional materials: chemistry and biological activity toward tackling COVID-19-like pandemics

B Balasubramaniam, Prateek, S Ranjan… - ACS Pharmacology & …, 2020 - ACS Publications
The ongoing worldwide pandemic due to COVID-19 has created awareness toward
ensuring best practices to avoid the spread of microorganisms. In this regard, the research …

Organic Bioelectronics for In Vitro Systems

C Pitsalidis, AM Pappa, AJ Boys, Y Fu… - Chemical …, 2021 - ACS Publications
Bioelectronics have made strides in improving clinical diagnostics and precision medicine.
The potential of bioelectronics for bidirectional interfacing with biology through continuous …

Flexible, breathable, and self-powered patch assembled of electrospun polymer triboelectric layers and polypyrrole-coated electrode for infected chronic wound …

Q Tang, Q Ke, Q Chen, X Zhang, J Su… - … Applied Materials & …, 2023 - ACS Publications
Chronic wound healing is often impaired by bacterial infection and weak trans-epithelial
potential. Patches with electrical stimulation and bactericidal activity may solve this problem …

Polymeric materials with antibacterial activity: A review

D Olmos, J González-Benito - Polymers, 2021 - mdpi.com
Infections caused by bacteria are one of the main causes of mortality in hospitals all over the
world. Bacteria can grow on many different surfaces and when this occurs, and bacteria …

Multifunctional wearable electronic textiles using cotton fibers with polypyrrole and carbon nanotubes

RMAP Lima, JJ Alcaraz-Espinoza… - … applied materials & …, 2018 - ACS Publications
Multifunctional wearable electronic textiles based on interfacial polymerization of polypyrrole
on carbon nanotubes/cotton fibers offer advantages of simple and low-cost materials that …

Antibacterial evaporator based on reduced graphene oxide/polypyrrole aerogel for solar-driven desalination

M Zhang, F Xu, W Liu, Y Hou, L Su, X Zhang, R Zhang… - Nano Research, 2023 - Springer
Solar-driven water evaporation is a sustainable method to purify seawater. Nevertheless,
traditional volumetric water-evaporation systems suffer from the poor sunlight absorption …

Oxygen Vacancies‐Rich Heterojunction of Ti3C2/BiOBr for Photo‐Excited Antibacterial Textiles

J Li, L Ma, Z Li, X Liu, Y Zheng, Y Liang, C Liang, Z Cui… - Small, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Pathogenic bacteria that adhere on the surface of textiles, especially healthcare workers'
uniforms, have brought severe problems, including nosocomial infection and other infectious …

Thermal insulating, light-weight and conductive cellulose/aramid nanofibers composite aerogel for pressure sensing

S Wang, W Meng, H Lv, Z Wang, J Pu - Carbohydrate Polymers, 2021 - Elsevier
Conductive nanocellulose aerogels have attracted significant attention in pressure sensing
for wearable devices owing to lightweight, sustainability and good chemical stability. Limited …

Tree-inspired aerogel with a radial and centrosymmetric structure for efficient solar-powered water purification

F Li, G Miao, Z Hou, L Xu, X Zhu, X Miao… - … Applied Materials & …, 2023 - ACS Publications
Solar-powered water purification is one of the promising choices for clean water production.
However, it remains challenging to develop aerogel solar evaporators that simultaneously …

Biodegradable polypyrrole/dextrin conductive nanocomposite: synthesis, characterization, antioxidant and antibacterial activity

EN Zare, MM Lakouraj, M Mohseni - Synthetic Metals, 2014 - Elsevier
Combination of a natural biodegradable polymer with a synthetic polymer offers excellent
capability in advanced functional materials. For this purpose, biodegradable conductive …