Antibacterial Applications of Bioactive Nanoparticles
A special issue of Biomedicines (ISSN 2227-9059). This special issue belongs to the section "Drug Discovery, Development and Delivery".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (31 January 2024) | Viewed by 2934
Special Issue Editors
Interests: biomaterials; bioactive nanoparticles and nanoconjugates; multidrug-resistant microorganisms
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Interests: antimicrobial agents; synthesis of biomaterials; food safety
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Dear Colleagues,
Nanoparticles are small particles, with a size ranging 1 nm to 100 nm, and have attracted significant interest from scientists due to their multiple applications in diverse fields of science including biomedicine, pharmaceutics, agriculture, textile, food technology, and catalysis. There are different types of nanoparticles, such as silver, gold, cobalt, copper (II), iron, lithium, magnesium and zinc. The core features of these nanomaterials are their small size, with a large surface area, modification capability, polarity and property diversity. The application of these bioactive nanoparticles in the biomedical field offers many revolutionary solutions regarding the development of multi-functionalized drugs and products with antibacterial properties. Different methods, such as biological, physical, and chemical methods, have been applied to the facile and rapid synthesis of these bioactive nanoparticles. The emergence of multidrug-resistant bacteria is a major concern for public health. Antibiotic-resistant microorganisms cause life-threatening diseases in humans. The development of novel antibacterial agents is a key solution to this issue. Therefore, bioactive nanoparticles could be promising agents to control these multidrug-resistant bacteria. Various green methods could be used for the facile, rapid and mass production of nanoparticles. The synthesized nanoparticles could be utilized as antibacterial agents to control various pathogenic bacteria. This research topic will focus on the antibacterial applications of bioactive nanoparticles and is an open forum in which scientists/researchers may share their knowledge, investigations and findings in this promising field.
Dr. Md Amdadul Huq
Dr. Shahina Akter
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- bioactive nanoparticles
- green synthesis
- antibacterial applications
- antibacterial mechanisms
- biofilm inhibition
- multidrug-resistant bacteria
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