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Antimicrobial Polymers in the Nano-World [PDF]

Nanomaterials, 2017
Infections are one of the main concerns of our era due to antibiotic-resistant infections and the increasing costs in the health-care sector. Within this context, antimicrobial polymers present a great alternative to combat these problems since their ...
Marta Álvarez-Paino, Alexandra Muñoz-Bonilla, Marta Fernández-García   +2 more
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Catechol-Based Antimicrobial Polymers [PDF]

Molecules, 2021
Catechol is a key constituent in mussel adhesive proteins and is responsible for strong adhesive property and crosslinking formation. Plant-based polyphenols are also capable of chemical interactions similar to those of catechol and are inherently ...
Seyedehfatemeh Razaviamri, Kan Wang, Bo Liu, Bruce P. Lee   +3 more
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Application of Antimicrobial Polymers in the Development of Dental Resin Composite [PDF]

Molecules, 2020
Dental resin composites have been widely used in a variety of direct and indirect dental restorations due to their aesthetic properties compared to amalgams and similar metals.
Jing Xue, Jing Wang, Daoshuo Feng, Haofei Huang, Ming Wang   +4 more
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AI-guided precise design of antimicrobial polymers through high-throughput screening technology on an automated platform [PDF]

Bioactive Materials
Antimicrobial peptides (AMPs)-mimicking antimicrobial polymers show great potential as therapeutic alternatives to antibiotics in the looming “post-antibiotic era”.
Tianyi Zhang, Yuhui Wu, Ye Tian, Youxiang Wang, Peng Zhang, Qiannuan Shi, Qun Fang, Jianzhang Pan, Qiao Jin, Jian Ji   +9 more
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Biodegradable polymers and green-based antimicrobial packaging materials: A mini-review

Advanced Industrial and Engineering Polymer Research, 2020
Recently, the demands for biodegradable and renewable materials for packaging applications have increased tremendously. This rise in demand is connected to the growing environmental concerns over the extensive use of synthetic and non-biodegradable ...
Yajie Zhong, Patrick Godwin, Yongcan Jin, Huining Xiao   +3 more
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Antimicrobial Activities of Conducting Polymers and Their Composites

Macromol, 2022
Conducting polymers, mainly polyaniline (PANI) and polypyrrole (PPY) with positive charges bind to the negatively charged bacterial membrane to interfere with bacterial activities. After this initial electrostatic adherence, the conducting polymers might
Moorthy Maruthapandi, Arumugam Saravanan, Akanksha Gupta, John H. T. Luong, Aharon Gedanken   +4 more
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Photodynamic antimicrobial polymers for infection control. [PDF]

PLoS ONE, 2014
Hospital-acquired infections pose both a major risk to patient wellbeing and an economic burden on global healthcare systems, with the problem compounded by the emergence of multidrug resistant and biocide tolerant bacterial pathogens.
Colin P McCoy, Edward J O'Neil, John F Cowley, Louise Carson, Áine T De Baróid, Greg T Gdowski, Sean P Gorman, David S Jones   +7 more
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Antimicrobial Polymers: The Potential Replacement of Existing Antibiotics? [PDF]

International Journal of Molecular Sciences, 2019
Nor Fadhilah Kamaruzzaman, Tan Li Peng, Ruhil Hayati Hamdan   +2 more
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Bioinspired Cationic Antimicrobial Polymers [PDF]

Angewandte Chemie - International Edition
Anne-Catherine Lehnen, Matthias Hartlieb   +1 more
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Recent Developments in Antimicrobial Polymers: A Review [PDF]

Materials, 2016
Madson R E Santos, Ana C Fonseca, Patricia V Mendonça   +2 more
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