Zwitterionic biomaterials

Q Li, C Wen, J Yang, X Zhou, Y Zhu, J Zheng… - Chemical …, 2022 - ACS Publications
The term “zwitterionic polymers” refers to polymers that bear a pair of oppositely charged
groups in their repeating units. When these oppositely charged groups are equally …

Versatile antibacterial materials: an emerging arsenal for combatting bacterial pathogens

X Ding, S Duan, X Ding, R Liu… - Advanced Functional …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Antibacterial materials that prevent bacterial infections and mitigate bacterial virulence have
attracted great scientific interests. In recent decades, the bactericidal polymers have been …

Surface-Adaptive Gold Nanoparticles with Effective Adherence and Enhanced Photothermal Ablation of Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus Biofilm

D Hu, H Li, B Wang, Z Ye, W Lei, F Jia, Q **, KF Ren… - ACS …, 2017 - ACS Publications
Biofilms that contribute to the persistent bacterial infections pose serious threats to global
public health, mainly due to their resistance to antibiotics penetration and esca** innate …

Quaternized carbon quantum dots with broad-spectrum antibacterial activity for the treatment of wounds infected with mixed bacteria

C Zhao, X Wang, L Yu, L Wu, X Hao, Q Liu, L Lin… - Acta Biomaterialia, 2022 - Elsevier
Bacterial resistance to antibiotics have become one of the most severe threats in global
public health, so the development of new-style antimicrobial agents is urgent. In this work …

Mussel-inspired immobilization of zwitterionic silver nanoparticles toward antibacterial cotton gauze for promoting wound healing

J **ang, R Zhu, S Lang, H Yan, G Liu, B Peng - Chemical Engineering …, 2021 - Elsevier
Silver nanoparticles (AgNPs) decorated medical cotton gauze (CG) is a promising
antibacterial wound dressing designed to prevent bacterial infection and promote the wound …

Green fabrication of amphiphilic quaternized β‐chitin derivatives with excellent biocompatibility and antibacterial activities for wound healing

H Xu, Z Fang, W Tian, Y Wang, Q Ye… - Advanced …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Bacterial infection has always been a great threat to public health, and new antimicrobials to
combat it are urgently needed. Here, a series of quaternized β‐chitin derivatives is prepared …

Biodegradable antibacterial polymeric nanosystems: a new hope to cope with multidrug‐resistant bacteria

X Ding, A Wang, W Tong, FJ Xu - Small, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
The human society is faced with daunting threats from bacterial infections. Over decades, a
variety of antibacterial polymeric nanosystems have exhibited great promise for the …

Antibacterial material surfaces/interfaces for biomedical applications

Y Wang, F Wang, H Zhang, B Yu, H Cong… - Applied Materials Today, 2021 - Elsevier
Biomaterial central infection (BCI) is a tough problem that has attracted high attention. The
most common source of infection in biomaterial centers is bacterial infections. For the past …

[HTML][HTML] Membrane-disruptive peptides/peptidomimetics-based therapeutics: Promising systems to combat bacteria and cancer in the drug-resistant era

L Lin, J Chi, Y Yan, R Luo, X Feng, Y Zheng… - … Pharmaceutica Sinica B, 2021 - Elsevier
Membrane-disruptive peptides/peptidomimetics (MDPs) are antimicrobials or
anticarcinogens that present a general killing mechanism through the physical disruption of …

Recent advances of zwitterionic-based topological polymers for biomedical applications

M Zhang, P Yu, J **e, J Li - Journal of Materials Chemistry B, 2022 - pubs.rsc.org
Zwitterionic polymers, comprising hydrophilic anionic and cationic groups with the same
total number of positive and negative charges on the same monomer residue, have received …