Advanced Nanostructured Materials for Antimicrobial Applications
A special issue of Nanomaterials (ISSN 2079-4991). This special issue belongs to the section "Biology and Medicines".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (30 September 2023) | Viewed by 3045
Special Issue Editor
Interests: nanomaterials; bioengineering; microbiology; antimicrobial nanomaterials
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Dear Colleagues,
A decade ago, it was discovered that the nanopillar topography of insect wings such as cicadas, dragonflies and damselflies, were not repelling bacteria as previously surmised, but rather bacteria were attaching and consequently being killed. The nature of the antimicrobial effect of insect wings has now been found to include activity toward both environmental fungi and pathogenic yeasts. Specifically, the antimicrobial nature is associated with the physical disintegration of attached microbes due to a mechanical injury. This exciting new discovery implies that, if successfully replicated on the surface of biomaterials and implantable devices, antibiotics would no longer be required to kill bacteria, and other microbes, that attach on such surfaces.
The Special Issue ‘Advanced Nanostructured Materials for Antimicrobial Applications’ aims to present work detailing the current state-of-the-art in advanced manufacturing of nanostructured nanomaterials for antimicrobial applications. We invite authors to contribute original research articles and review articles covering the current progress on nanostructured antimicrobial materials. Potential topics include, but are not limited to:
- Materials with antifungal (fungicidal), antibacterial (bactericidal) and/or antiviral (virucidal) efficacy
- Antimicrobial nanoparticles
- Antimicrobial nanostructured surfaces
Dr. Denver Linklater
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- mechano-bactericidal
- antimicrobial nanomaterials
- nanostructured surfaces
- antimicrobial nanoparticles
- antifungal surfaces
- antiviral surfaces
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