NANO versus BIO: Nanophysical Bactericidal Methods in Microbiology and Their Prospective Applications
A special issue of Microorganisms (ISSN 2076-2607). This special issue belongs to the section "Microbial Biotechnology".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (30 June 2023) | Viewed by 5368
Special Issue Editors
Interests: ultrafast lasers; biophotonics; antibacterial nanomaterials; “smart light” and “smart heat”; laser nanoplaster
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Dear Colleagues,
Pathogenic bacteria and viruses appear to build into our environment, making our resistance to their expansion and occupation a crucial “to be or not to be” question (life or death). Fortunately, to date, we are able to put our smart biotechnological achievements against the blind probabilistic play of bacterial reproduction, permanently overcoming our control via genetically acquired resistance. This way, advances and breakthroughs in the invention of novel bactericidal nanomaterials, biophotonic procedures, or their combined action keep a favorable balance in the everlasting struggle.
This Special issue is focused on delivering a state-of-art collection of review and featured research papers on advanced nanophysical and biophotonic modalities in their synergistic counterfeiting antibiotic-resistant pathogenic bacteria, self-organized into biofilms on critical surfaces in biomedicine, cosmetology, the food industry, etc.
Prof. Dr. Sergey Kudryashov
Dr. Eteri Tolordava
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- biofilms
- antifouling
- antibacterial nanomaterials
- laser nanoplaster
- biophotonics
- “smart light” and “smart heat”
- bactericidal greases
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