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308 Citations
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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
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177 Citations
30,401 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
141 Citations
13,739 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
123 Citations
22,036 Views
47 Pages

Metal Oxide Nanoparticles: Review of Synthesis, Characterization and Biological Effects

  • Andreea Mariana Negrescu,
  • Manuela S. Killian,
  • Swathi N. V. Raghu,
  • Patrik Schmuki,
  • Anca Mazare and
  • Anisoara Cimpean

In the last few years, the progress made in the field of nanotechnology has allowed researchers to develop and synthesize nanosized materials with unique physicochemical characteristics, suitable for various biomedical applications. Amongst these nan...

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  • Open Access
119 Citations
17,852 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
109 Citations
7,843 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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107 Citations
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17 Pages

Antifungal Activity of Biosynthesized Silver Nanoparticles (AgNPs) against Aspergilli Causing Aspergillosis: Ultrastructure Study

  • Amr H. Hashem,
  • Ebrahim Saied,
  • Basma H. Amin,
  • Fatimah O. Alotibi,
  • Abdulaziz A. Al-Askar,
  • Amr A. Arishi,
  • Fathy M. Elkady and
  • Mostafa A. Elbahnasawy

15 November 2022

Currently, nanoparticles and nanomaterials are widely used for biomedical applications. In the present study, silver nanoparticles (AgNPs) were successfully biosynthesized using a cell-free extract (CFE) of Bacillus thuringiensis MAE 6 through a gree...

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  • Open Access
107 Citations
11,967 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
98 Citations
10,532 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
92 Citations
13,874 Views
54 Pages

Preparation and Use of Decellularized Extracellular Matrix for Tissue Engineering

  • Adam D. McInnes,
  • Michael A. J. Moser and
  • Xiongbiao Chen

14 November 2022

The multidisciplinary fields of tissue engineering and regenerative medicine have the potential to revolutionize the practise of medicine through the abilities to repair, regenerate, or replace tissues and organs with functional engineered constructs...

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