Multifunctional antimicrobial materials: From rational design to biomedical applications

S Duan, R Wu, YH **ong, HM Ren, C Lei… - Progress in Materials …, 2022 - Elsevier
Though the history of mankind, we are strongly fighting with infected diseases that are
induced by bacteria, fungi, viruses, and other pathogens. Although a variety of medicines …

[HTML][HTML] Recent advances in engineered polymeric materials for efficient photodynamic inactivation of bacterial pathogens

S Gnanasekar, G Kasi, X He, K Zhang, L Xu, ET Kang - Bioactive Materials, 2023 - Elsevier
Nowadays, infectious diseases persist as a global crisis by causing significant destruction to
public health and the economic stability of countries worldwide. Especially bacterial …

Potentiating hypoxic microenvironment for antibiotic activation by photodynamic therapy to combat bacterial biofilm infections

W **u, L Wan, K Yang, X Li, L Yuwen, H Dong… - Nature …, 2022 - nature.com
Traditional antibiotic treatment has limited efficacy for the drug-tolerant bacteria present in
biofilms because of their unique metabolic conditions in the biofilm infection …

Polymeric micelles for the delivery of poorly soluble drugs: From nanoformulation to clinical approval

D Hwang, JD Ramsey, AV Kabanov - Advanced drug delivery reviews, 2020 - Elsevier
Over the last three decades, polymeric micelles have emerged as a highly promising drug
delivery platform for therapeutic compounds. Particularly, poorly soluble small molecules …

Nanotechnology-based antimicrobials and delivery systems for biofilm-infection control

Y Liu, L Shi, L Su, HC van der Mei, PC Jutte… - Chemical Society …, 2019 - pubs.rsc.org
Bacterial-infections are mostly due to bacteria in an adhering, biofilm-mode of growth and
not due to planktonically growing, suspended-bacteria. Biofilm-bacteria are much more …

Biofilm‐sensitive photodynamic nanoparticles for enhanced penetration and antibacterial efficiency

S Wu, C Xu, Y Zhu, L Zheng, L Zhang… - Advanced Functional …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Efficient antimicrobials are urgently needed for the treatment of bacterial biofilms due to their
resistance to traditional drugs. Photodynamic therapy (PDT) is a new strategy that has been …

Surface charge switchable supramolecular nanocarriers for nitric oxide synergistic photodynamic eradication of biofilms

D Hu, Y Deng, F Jia, Q **, J Ji - Acs Nano, 2019 - ACS Publications
Biofilm has resulted in numerous obstinate clinical infections, posing severe threats to public
health. It is urgent to develop original antibacterial strategies for eradicating biofilms. Herein …

Rejuvenated photodynamic therapy for bacterial infections

Q Jia, Q Song, P Li, W Huang - Advanced healthcare materials, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
The emergence of multidrug resistant bacterial strains has hastened the exploration of
advanced microbicides and antibacterial techniques. Photodynamic antibacterial therapy …

Antimicrobial hybrid amphiphile via dynamic covalent bonds enables bacterial biofilm dispersal and bacteria eradication

Y Zhan, X Hu, Y Li, Y Wang, H Chen… - Advanced Functional …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
To tackle the problems caused by bacterial biofilms, herein, this study reports an
antimicrobial hybrid amphiphile (aHA) via dynamic covalent bonds for eradicating …

Size and charge adaptive clustered nanoparticles targeting the biofilm microenvironment for chronic lung infection management

Y Gao, J Wang, M Chai, X Li, Y Deng, Q **, J Ji - ACS nano, 2020 - ACS Publications
Chronic lung infection caused by bacterial biofilms is an extremely serious clinical problem,
which can lead to the failure of antibiotic therapy. Although nanoparticles have shown great …