Antipathogenic properties and applications of low-dimensional materials

A major health concern of the 21(st) century is the rise of multi-drug resistant pathogenic microbial species. Recent technological advancements have led to considerable opportunities for low-dimensional materials (LDMs) as potential next-generation antimicrobials. LDMs have demonstrated antimicrobi...

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Autores principales: Shaw, Z. L., Kuriakose, Sruthi, Cheeseman, Samuel, Dickey, Michael D., Genzer, Jan, Christofferson, Andrew J., Crawford, Russell J., McConville, Chris F., Chapman, James, Truong, Vi Khanh, Elbourne, Aaron, Walia, Sumeet
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Nature Publishing Group UK 2021
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Review Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8222221/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34162835
http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41467-021-23278-7
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Sumario:A major health concern of the 21(st) century is the rise of multi-drug resistant pathogenic microbial species. Recent technological advancements have led to considerable opportunities for low-dimensional materials (LDMs) as potential next-generation antimicrobials. LDMs have demonstrated antimicrobial behaviour towards a variety of pathogenic bacterial and fungal cells, due to their unique physicochemical properties. This review provides a critical assessment of current LDMs that have exhibited antimicrobial behaviour and their mechanism of action. Future design considerations and constraints in deploying LDMs for antimicrobial applications are discussed. It is envisioned that this review will guide future design parameters for LDM-based antimicrobial applications.

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