Novel Materials for Antimicrobial Application
A special issue of Materials (ISSN 1996-1944). This special issue belongs to the section "Biomaterials".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (20 February 2022) | Viewed by 66357
Special Issue Editor
2. The Research Institute of the University of Bucharest, ICUB, 060023 Bucharest, Romania
Interests: microbiology; immunology; new antimicrobial agents; host-pathogen signaling; infection control; antimicrobial nanomaterials; bacterial pathogenesis; virulence factors; quorum sensing; biofilms; antibacterial activity; antibiotic resistance; Staphylococcus aureus; Escherichia coli; Pseudomonas aeruginosa; microbial molecular biology; bioactive materials; nanotechnology; nanoengineering
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Dear Colleagues,
Infectious diseases still represent one of the leading cause of mortality and morbidity worldwide. Despite the huge effort in developing new antibiotics, the antimicrobial resistance phenomenon is constantly emerging, drastically limiting the available therapeutic options. Alternative options are intensively investigated to reduce the severe effects of increasingly inefficient antibiotics and in this context materials science steps forward with innovative and highly efficient solutions.
The aim of this special issue is to bring together newest progress made on the design and biomedical applications of new materials with antimicrobial properties. Among these, a special attention is paid to nanostructured materials, which could act as efficient drug delivery systems and would promote the antimicrobial effects of natural and synthetic antimicrobial agents. Also, materials which could modulate microbial virulence and social behaviours, such as attachment and biofilm formation, represent a new desirate on the emerging field of antimicrobial materials. New materials are also expected to be utilized in the design of medical devices, to produce tailored surfaces for medical, industrial (i.e. food and beverage, textile etc) and ecological purposes, which are able to avoid contamination and modulate microbial development. Research and review papers containing new findings and perspectives on this intringuing field are welcomed to be considered for this special issue.
Dr. Alina Maria Holban
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- antimicrobial materials
- biofilm modulation
- bioactive nanomaterials
- antimicrobial surfaces, coatings and devices
- contamination control
- alternative antimicrobials
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