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338 Citations
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21 Pages

Effect of Size, Shape and Surface Functionalization on the Antibacterial Activity of Silver Nanoparticles

  • Arianna Menichetti,
  • Alexandra Mavridi-Printezi,
  • Dario Mordini and
  • Marco Montalti

Silver nanoparticles (AgNPs) are the most investigated antibacterial agents against multidrug resistant (MDR) pathogens. They can lead to cellular death by means of different mechanisms, damaging several cell compartments, from the external membrane,...

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  • Review
  • Open Access
184 Citations
31,963 Views
32 Pages

Green Carbon Dots: Synthesis, Characterization, Properties and Biomedical Applications

  • Hong Hui Jing,
  • Fevzi Bardakci,
  • Sinan Akgöl,
  • Kevser Kusat,
  • Mohd Adnan,
  • Mohammad Jahoor Alam,
  • Reena Gupta,
  • Sumaira Sahreen,
  • Yeng Chen and
  • Subash C. B. Gopinath
  • + 1 author

Carbon dots (CDs) are a new category of crystalline, quasi-spherical fluorescence, “zero-dimensional” carbon nanomaterials with a spatial size between 1 nm to 10 nm and have gained widespread attention in recent years. Green CDs are carbon dots synth...

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  • Open Access
153 Citations
14,439 Views
27 Pages

4D printing has emerged as a transformative technology in the field of biomedical engineering, offering the potential for dynamic, stimuli-responsive structures with applications in tissue engineering, drug delivery, medical devices, and diagnostics....

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  • Open Access
139 Citations
18,879 Views
22 Pages

Ceramic Materials for Biomedical Applications: An Overview on Properties and Fabrication Processes

  • Lorenzo Vaiani,
  • Antonio Boccaccio,
  • Antonio Emmanuele Uva,
  • Gianfranco Palumbo,
  • Antonio Piccininni,
  • Pasquale Guglielmi,
  • Stefania Cantore,
  • Luigi Santacroce,
  • Ioannis Alexandros Charitos and
  • Andrea Ballini

A growing interest in creating advanced biomaterials with specific physical and chemical properties is currently being observed. These high-standard materials must be capable to integrate into biological environments such as the oral cavity or other...

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  • Open Access
114 Citations
12,402 Views
22 Pages

Polysaccharide-Based Hydrogels and Their Application as Drug Delivery Systems in Cancer Treatment: A Review

  • Marco Dattilo,
  • Francesco Patitucci,
  • Sabrina Prete,
  • Ortensia Ilaria Parisi and
  • Francesco Puoci

Hydrogels are three-dimensional crosslinked structures with physicochemical properties similar to the extracellular matrix (ECM). By changing the hydrogel’s material type, crosslinking, molecular weight, chemical surface, and functionalization,...

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  • Open Access
111 Citations
8,136 Views
30 Pages

Electrospinning is an advanced technology for the preparation of drug-carrying nanofibers that has demonstrated great advantages in the biomedical field. Electrospun nanofiber membranes are widely used in the field of drug administration due to their...

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  • Open Access
108 Citations
11,206 Views
36 Pages

Natural and Synthetic Polymeric Biomaterials for Application in Wound Management

  • Sabrina Prete,
  • Marco Dattilo,
  • Francesco Patitucci,
  • Giuseppe Pezzi,
  • Ortensia Ilaria Parisi and
  • Francesco Puoci

3 September 2023

Biomaterials are at the forefront of the future, finding a variety of applications in the biomedical field, especially in wound healing, thanks to their biocompatible and biodegradable properties. Wounds spontaneously try to heal through a series of...

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  • Open Access
96 Citations
12,444 Views
29 Pages

Emerging Trends in Advanced Translational Applications of Silver Nanoparticles: A Progressing Dawn of Nanotechnology

  • Shaheen Husain,
  • Aditya Nandi,
  • Faizan Zarreen Simnani,
  • Utsa Saha,
  • Aishee Ghosh,
  • Adrija Sinha,
  • Aarya Sahay,
  • Shailesh Kumar Samal,
  • Pritam Kumar Panda and
  • Suresh K. Verma

Nanoscience has emerged as a fascinating field of science, with its implementation in multiple applications in the form of nanotechnology. Nanotechnology has recently been more impactful in diverse sectors such as the pharmaceutical industry, agricul...

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  • Open Access
90 Citations
11,782 Views
35 Pages

The Concept of Scaffold-Guided Bone Regeneration for the Treatment of Long Bone Defects: Current Clinical Application and Future Perspective

  • Markus Laubach,
  • Frank Hildebrand,
  • Sinduja Suresh,
  • Michael Wagels,
  • Philipp Kobbe,
  • Fabian Gilbert,
  • Ulrich Kneser,
  • Boris M. Holzapfel and
  • Dietmar W. Hutmacher

The treatment of bone defects remains a challenging clinical problem with high reintervention rates, morbidity, and resulting significant healthcare costs. Surgical techniques are constantly evolving, but outcomes can be influenced by several paramet...

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  • Open Access
85 Citations
7,538 Views
25 Pages

Green Synthesis of Zinc Oxide Nanoparticles Using an Aqueous Extract of Punica granatum for Antimicrobial and Catalytic Activity

  • Amr Fouda,
  • Ebrahim Saied,
  • Ahmed M. Eid,
  • Fayza Kouadri,
  • Ahmed M. Alemam,
  • Mohammed F. Hamza,
  • Maha Alharbi,
  • Amr Elkelish and
  • Saad El-Din Hassan

The peel aqueous extract of Punica granatum was utilized to fabricate zinc oxide nanoparticles (ZnO-NPs) as a green approach. The synthesized NPs were characterized by UV-Vis spectroscopy, Fourier transform infrared (FT-IR), X-ray diffraction (XRD),...

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