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Design of Antimicrobial Polymers
Macromolecular Chemistry and Physics, 2022 AbstractAntibiotic resistance has become a critical issue, alarming the healthcare and agriculture sectors worldwide. Thanks to rapid advancements in polymer science, antimicrobial polymers (AMPs) have been developed as a mimic version of host‐defense peptides (a part of natural immune systems of multicellular organisms) to mitigate antibiotic ...
Phuong Pham, Susan Oliver, Cyrille Boyer
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Antimicrobial Activity of Composites-Based on Biopolymers
Macromol, 2022 Microorganisms have developed a resistance against some of the most conventional antibiotics. These microorganisms can be self-assembled, forming a microbial biofilm.
Moises Bustamante-Torres +4 more
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Editorial of the Special Issue Antimicrobial Polymers [PDF]
International Journal of Molecular Sciences, 2013 The special issue “Antimicrobial Polymers” includes research and review papers concerning the recent advances on preparation of antimicrobial polymers and their relevance to industrial settings and biomedical field. Antimicrobial polymers have recently emerged as promising candidates to fight microbial contamination onto surfaces thanks to their ...
PIOZZI, Antonella, FRANCOLINI, IOLANDA
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Can biopolymers act as antiviral agents?
eXPRESS Polymer Letters, 2020 editorial
J. Seppala, S. Borandeh
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Medium effects on minimum inhibitory concentrations of nylon-3 polymers against E. coli. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2014 Minimum inhibitory concentrations (MICs) against E. coli were measured for three nylon-3 polymers using Luria-Bertani broth (LB), brain-heart infusion broth (BHI), and a chemically defined complete medium (EZRDM).
Heejun Choi +4 more
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Study on the Antimicrobial Properties of Citrate-Based Biodegradable Polymers
Frontiers in Bioengineering and Biotechnology, 2014 Citrate-based polymers possess unique advantages for various biomedical applications since citric acid is a natural metabolism product, which is biocompatible and antimicrobial.
Lee-Chun eSu +4 more
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Antimicrobial Coatings from Hybrid Nanoparticles of Biocompatible and Antimicrobial Polymers. [PDF]
Int J Mol Sci, 2018 Hybrid nanoparticles of poly(methylmethacrylate) synthesized in the presence of poly (diallyldimethyl ammonium) chloride by emulsion polymerization exhibited good colloidal stability, physical properties, and antimicrobial activity but their synthesis yielded poor conversion.
Galvão CN +5 more
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Biomimetic antimicrobial polymers—Design, characterization, antimicrobial, and novel applications
WIREs Nanomedicine and Nanobiotechnology, 2022 AbstractBiomimetic antimicrobial polymers have been an area of great interest as the need for novel antimicrobial compounds grows due to the development of resistance. These polymers were designed and developed to mimic naturally occurring antimicrobial peptides in both physicochemical composition and mechanism of action.
Takahashi, Haruko +5 more
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Functional insights to the development of bioactive material for combating bacterial infections
Frontiers in Bioengineering and Biotechnology, 2023 The emergence of antibiotic-resistant “superbugs” poses a serious threat to human health. Nanomaterials and cationic polymers have shown unprecedented advantages as effective antimicrobial therapies due to their flexibility and ability to interact with ...
Duoyang Fan +16 more
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Antibiotics, 2019 Bacterial biofilms and their associated infections are a continuing problem in the healthcare community. Previous approaches utilizing anti-biofilm coatings suffer from short lifetimes, and their applications are limited to surfaces. In this research, we
Leanna L. Foster +2 more
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