Antimicrobial photodynamic inactivation in nanomedicine: small light strides against bad bugs

Photodynamic therapy for infections: Clinical applications

(2015) Gitika B. Kharkwal et al.   LASERS IN SURGERY AND MEDICINE

Graphene Quantum Dots-Band-Aids Used for Wound Disinfection

(2014) Hanjun Sun et al.   ACS Nano

Photodynamic antibacterial effect of graphene quantum dots

(2014) Biljana Z. Ristic et al.   BIOMATERIALS

Intracellular gold nanoparticle aggregation and their potential applications in photodynamic therapy

(2014) Yamin Yang et al.   CHEMICAL COMMUNICATIONS

The applications of buckminsterfullerene C60and derivatives in orthopaedic research

(2014) Qihai Liu et al.   CONNECTIVE TISSUE RESEARCH

Targeted in vivo photodynamic therapy with epidermal growth factor receptor-specific peptide linked nanoparticles

(2014) Amreddy Narsireddy et al.   INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF PHARMACEUTICS

Combination of chemotherapy and photodynamic therapy using graphene oxide as drug delivery system

(2014) Lin Zhou et al.   JOURNAL OF PHOTOCHEMISTRY AND PHOTOBIOLOGY B-BIOLOGY

Photodynamic effect of functionalized single-walled carbon nanotubes: a potential sensitizer for photodynamic therapy

(2014) Lei Wang et al.   Nanoscale

Influence of external bacterial structures on the efficiency of photodynamic inactivation by a cationic porphyrin

(2014) M. A. Pereira et al.   PHOTOCHEMICAL & PHOTOBIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

Synergistic in vitro photodynamic antimicrobial activity of methylene blue and chitosan against Helicobacter pylori 26695

(2014) Sung Sook Choi et al.   Photodiagnosis and Photodynamic Therapy

Singlet oxygen generation in porphyrin-doped polymeric surface coating enables antimicrobial effects on Staphylococcus aureus

(2014) Ariane Felgenträger et al.   PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY CHEMICAL PHYSICS

Photoinduced Membrane Damage of E. coli and S. aureus by the Photosensitizer-Antimicrobial Peptide Conjugate Eosin-(KLAKLAK)2

(2014) Gregory A. Johnson et al.   PLoS One

Photosensitizer Loaded Nano-Graphene for Multimodality Imaging Guided Tumor Photodynamic Therapy

(2014) Pengfei Rong et al.   Theranostics

Graphene oxide mediated delivery of methylene blue for combined photodynamic and photothermal therapy

(2013) Abhishek Sahu et al.   BIOMATERIALS

Synthesis of decacationic [60]fullerene decaiodides giving photoinduced production of superoxide radicals and effective PDT-mediation on antimicrobial photoinactivation

(2013) Min Wang et al.   EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF MEDICINAL CHEMISTRY

Antibiotic-free nanotherapeutics: Hypericin nanoparticles thereof for improved in vitro and in vivo antimicrobial photodynamic therapy and wound healing

(2013) Noha Nafee et al.   INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF PHARMACEUTICS

Antibacterial Efficacy of Photosensitizer Functionalized Biopolymeric Nanoparticles in the Presence of Tissue Inhibitors in Root Canal

(2013) Annie Shrestha et al.   JOURNAL OF ENDODONTICS

Clinical epidemiology of the global expansion of Klebsiella pneumoniae carbapenemases

(2013) L Silvia Munoz-Price et al.   LANCET INFECTIOUS DISEASES

Photodynamic inactivation of chlorin e6-loaded CTAB-liposomes againstCandida albicans

(2013) Yu-Tsai Yang et al.   LASERS IN SURGERY AND MEDICINE

Photocatalysis-assisted water filtration: Using TiO2-coated vertically aligned multi-walled carbon nanotube array for removal of Escherichia coli O157:H7

(2013) Goldie Oza et al.   Materials Science & Engineering C-Materials for Biological Applications

Are silicone-supported [C60]-fullerenes an alternative to Ru(ii) polypyridyls for photodynamic solar water disinfection?

(2013) Francisco Manjón et al.   PHOTOCHEMICAL & PHOTOBIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

The true cost of antimicrobial resistance

(2013) R. Smith et al.   BMJ-British Medical Journal

Nanoparticles Functionalized with Ampicillin Destroy Multiple-Antibiotic-Resistant Isolates of Pseudomonas aeruginosa and Enterobacter aerogenes and Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus

(2012) Ashley N. Brown et al.   APPLIED AND ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY

Dual Action Antimicrobials: Nitric Oxide Release from Quaternary Ammonium-Functionalized Silica Nanoparticles

(2012) Alexis W. Carpenter et al.   BIOMACROMOLECULES

Photocatalytic and antimicrobial properties of surgical implant coatings of titanium dioxide deposited though cathodic arc evaporation

(2012) Mirjam Lilja et al.   BIOTECHNOLOGY LETTERS

Photosensitizer and vancomycin-conjugated novel multifunctional magnetic particles as photoinactivation agents for selective killing of pathogenic bacteria

(2012) Kyong-Hoon Choi et al.   CHEMICAL COMMUNICATIONS

Gold nanoparticles enhance methylene blue– induced photodynamic therapy: a novel therapeutic approach to inhibit Candida albicans biofilm

(2012) Asad Khan et al.   International Journal of Nanomedicine

Synthesis and Photodynamic Effect of New Highly Photostable Decacationically Armed [60]- and [70]Fullerene Decaiodide Monoadducts To Target Pathogenic Bacteria and Cancer Cells

(2012) Min Wang et al.   JOURNAL OF MEDICINAL CHEMISTRY

The big picture on nanomedicine: the state of investigational and approved nanomedicine products

(2012) Michael L. Etheridge et al.   Nanomedicine-Nanotechnology Biology and Medicine

Light-activated nanotube–porphyrin conjugates as effective antiviral agents

(2012) Indrani Banerjee et al.   NANOTECHNOLOGY

The antibacterial effects of silver, titanium dioxide and silica dioxide nanoparticles compared to the dental disinfectant chlorhexidine onStreptococcus mutansusing a suite of bioassays

(2012) Alexandros Besinis et al.   Nanotoxicology

The Perpetual Challenge of Infectious Diseases

(2012) Anthony S. Fauci et al.   NEW ENGLAND JOURNAL OF MEDICINE

Chitosan Nanoparticles for Antimicrobial Photodynamic Inactivation: Characterization and In Vitro Investigation†

(2012) Chueh-Pin Chen et al.   PHOTOCHEMISTRY AND PHOTOBIOLOGY

Porphyrin-Cellulose Nanocrystals: A Photobactericidal Material that Exhibits Broad Spectrum Antimicrobial Activity†

(2012) Bradley L. Carpenter et al.   PHOTOCHEMISTRY AND PHOTOBIOLOGY

Dextran-Coated Iron Oxide Nanoparticles: A Versatile Platform for Targeted Molecular Imaging, Molecular Diagnostics, and Therapy

(2011) Carlos Tassa et al.   ACCOUNTS OF CHEMICAL RESEARCH

Controlling Number of Indene Solubilizing Groups in Multiadduct Fullerenes for Tuning Optoelectronic Properties and Open-Circuit Voltage in Organic Solar Cells

(2011) Hyunbum Kang et al.   ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces

Upconverting Nanoparticles

(2011) Markus Haase et al.   ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL EDITION

Photobactericidal Porphyrin-Cellulose Nanocrystals: Synthesis, Characterization, and Antimicrobial Properties

(2011) Elke Feese et al.   BIOMACROMOLECULES

Photodynamic inactivation of viruses using upconversion nanoparticles

(2011) Meng Earn Lim et al.   BIOMATERIALS

Impact of gold nanoparticles combined to X-Ray irradiation on bacteria

(2011) A. Simon-Deckers et al.   GOLD BULLETIN

Photodynamic therapy with fullerenesin vivo: reality or a dream?

(2011) Sulbha K Sharma et al.   Nanomedicine

Zinc oxide nanorod mediated visible light photoinactivation of model microbes in water

(2011) Ajaya Sapkota et al.   NANOTECHNOLOGY

Tackling antibiotic resistance

(2011) Karen Bush et al.   NATURE REVIEWS MICROBIOLOGY

Antimicrobial peptide-modified liposomes for bacteria targeted delivery of temoporfin in photodynamic antimicrobial chemotherapy

(2011) Kewei Yang et al.   PHOTOCHEMICAL & PHOTOBIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

Nanoparticles: their potential use in antibacterial photodynamic therapy

(2011) Stefano Perni et al.   PHOTOCHEMICAL & PHOTOBIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

Polycationic Chitosan-Conjugated Photosensitizer for Antibacterial Photodynamic Therapy†

(2011) Annie Shrestha et al.   PHOTOCHEMISTRY AND PHOTOBIOLOGY

Graphene and graphene oxide: biofunctionalization and applications in biotechnology

(2011) Ying Wang et al.   TRENDS IN BIOTECHNOLOGY

Regular Linking of Cellulose Nanocrystals via Click Chemistry: Synthesis and Formation of Cellulose Nanoplatelet Gels

(2010) Ilari Filpponen et al.   BIOMACROMOLECULES

Gold nanoparticles capped with sulfate-ended ligands as anti-HIV agents

(2010) Paolo Di Gianvincenzo et al.   BIOORGANIC & MEDICINAL CHEMISTRY LETTERS

Materials and Applications for Large Area Electronics: Solution-Based Approaches

(2010) Ana Claudia Arias et al.   CHEMICAL REVIEWS

Cellulose Nanocrystals: Chemistry, Self-Assembly, and Applications

(2010) Youssef Habibi et al.   CHEMICAL REVIEWS

Inactivation and Mineralization of Aerosol Deposited Model Pathogenic Microorganisms over TiO2and Pt/TiO2

(2010) E. A. Kozlova et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

Antibiotic mediated synthesis of gold nanoparticles with potent antimicrobial activity and their application in antimicrobial coatings

(2010) Akhilesh Rai et al.   JOURNAL OF MATERIALS CHEMISTRY

Heightened Reactive Oxygen Species Generation in the Antimicrobial Activity of a Three Component Iodinated Chitosan−Silver Nanoparticle Composite

(2010) Madhuchanda Banerjee et al.   LANGMUIR

Photodynamic therapy with a cationic functionalized fullerene rescues mice from fatal wound infections

(2010) Zongshun Lu et al.   Nanomedicine

Silica-based nanoparticles for photodynamic therapy applications

(2010) Pierre Couleaud et al.   Nanoscale

Rose Bengal-decorated silica nanoparticles as photosensitizers for inactivation of gram-positive bacteria

(2010) Yanyan Guo et al.   NANOTECHNOLOGY

Nanobead-based interventions for the treatment and prevention of tuberculosis

(2010) Gareth Griffiths et al.   NATURE REVIEWS MICROBIOLOGY

Nanoplatforms for constructing new approaches to cancer treatment, imaging, and drug delivery: What should be the policy?

(2010) Babak Kateb et al.   NEUROIMAGE

Intracellular Antimicrobial Photodynamic Therapy: A Novel Technique for Efficient Eradication of Pathogenic Bacteria

(2010) Faina Nakonechny et al.   PHOTOCHEMISTRY AND PHOTOBIOLOGY

Inactivation of Food-borne Spoilage and Pathogenic Micro-organisms on the Surface of a Photoactive Polymer

(2010) Katherine Zerdin et al.   PHOTOCHEMISTRY AND PHOTOBIOLOGY

Nanodrug applications in photodynamic therapy

(2010) Edyta Paszko et al.   Photodiagnosis and Photodynamic Therapy

Functionalised gold nanoparticles for controlling pathogenic bacteria

(2010) Dakrong Pissuwan et al.   TRENDS IN BIOTECHNOLOGY

Mode of antiviral action of silver nanoparticles against HIV-1

(2010) Humberto H Lara et al.   JOURNAL OF NANOBIOTECHNOLOGY

Polymer-Functionalized Nanodiamond Platforms as Vehicles for Gene Delivery

(2009) Xue-Qing Zhang et al.   ACS Nano

Molecular and magnetic resonance imaging: The value of immunoliposomes

(2009) Dorota Kozlowska et al.   ADVANCED DRUG DELIVERY REVIEWS

Design and development of dendrimer photosensitizer-incorporated polymeric micelles for enhanced photodynamic therapy

(2009) Nobuhiro Nishiyama et al.   ADVANCED DRUG DELIVERY REVIEWS

Enzyme-Based Nanoscale Composites for Use as Active Decontamination Surfaces

(2009) Cerasela Zoica Dinu et al.   ADVANCED FUNCTIONAL MATERIALS

Inhibition of Herpes Simplex Virus Type 1 Infection by Silver Nanoparticles Capped with Mercaptoethane Sulfonate

(2009) Dana Baram-Pinto et al.   BIOCONJUGATE CHEMISTRY

Antimicrobial Activity of Fullerenes and Their Hydroxylated Derivatives

(2009) HISAE AOSHIMA et al.   BIOCONTROL SCIENCE

Preparation, characterization and evaluation of a biopolymeric gold nanocomposite with antimicrobial activity

(2009) Munusamy Chamundeeswari et al.   BIOTECHNOLOGY AND APPLIED BIOCHEMISTRY

Mannose-targeted mesoporous silica nanoparticles for photodynamic therapy

(2009) David Brevet et al.   CHEMICAL COMMUNICATIONS

Antimicrobial gold nanorods with dual-modality photodynamic inactivation and hyperthermia

(2009) Wen-Shuo Kuo et al.   CHEMICAL COMMUNICATIONS

Sustained and efficient porphyrin generation in vivo using dendrimer conjugates of 5-ALA for photodynamic therapy

(2009) Adriana Casas et al.   JOURNAL OF CONTROLLED RELEASE

Nanoparticle-based Endodontic Antimicrobial Photodynamic Therapy

(2009) Tom C. Pagonis et al.   JOURNAL OF ENDODONTICS

Nanodiamonds for nanomedicine

(2009) Yun Xing et al.   Nanomedicine

Biosynthesis of silver nanoparticles from Staphylococcus aureus and its antimicrobial activity against MRSA and MRSE

(2009) Anima Nanda et al.   Nanomedicine-Nanotechnology Biology and Medicine

Fungus-mediated synthesis of silver nanoparticles and their activity against pathogenic fungi in combination with fluconazole

(2009) Monali Gajbhiye et al.   Nanomedicine-Nanotechnology Biology and Medicine

Innovative cationic fullerenes as broad-spectrum light-activated antimicrobials

(2009) Liyi Huang et al.   Nanomedicine-Nanotechnology Biology and Medicine

On the Enhanced Antibacterial Activity of Antibiotics Mixed with Gold Nanoparticles

(2009) G. L. Burygin et al.   Nanoscale Research Letters

Photophysics and photochemistry of rose bengal bound to human serum albumin

(2009) Emilio Alarcón et al.   PHOTOCHEMICAL & PHOTOBIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

Biological properties of “naked” metal nanoparticles☆

(2008) R BHATTACHARYA et al.   ADVANCED DRUG DELIVERY REVIEWS

Dextran-Coated Gold Nanoparticles for the Assessment of Antimicrobial Susceptibility

(2008) Sudip Nath et al.   ANALYTICAL CHEMISTRY

Insights into the Mode of Action of Chitosan as an Antibacterial Compound

(2008) D. Raafat et al.   APPLIED AND ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY

Antibacterial Activity and Mechanism of Action of the Silver Ion in Staphylococcus aureus and Escherichia coli

(2008) W. K. Jung et al.   APPLIED AND ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY

Photocatalytic antimicrobial activity of thin surface films of TiO2, CuO and TiO2/CuO dual layers on Escherichia coli and bacteriophage T4

(2008) Iram B. Ditta et al.   APPLIED MICROBIOLOGY AND BIOTECHNOLOGY

The antimicrobial properties of light-activated polymers containing methylene blue and gold nanoparticles

(2008) Stefano Perni et al.   BIOMATERIALS

Antifungal activity and mode of action of silver nano-particles on Candida albicans

(2008) Keuk-Jun Kim et al.   BIOMETALS

Antifungal capability of TiO2 coated film on moist wood

(2008) Fengna Chen et al.   BUILDING AND ENVIRONMENT

Low hanging fruit in infectious disease drug development

(2008) Carl N Kraus   CURRENT OPINION IN MICROBIOLOGY

Photocatalytic disinfection of Giardia intestinalis and Acanthamoeba castellani cysts in water

(2008) Münevver Sökmen et al.   EXPERIMENTAL PARASITOLOGY

Development of TiO2 powder-coated food packaging film and its ability to inactivate Escherichia coli in vitro and in actual tests

(2008) Chamorn Chawengkijwanich et al.   INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF FOOD MICROBIOLOGY

Efficacy of titanium dioxide photocatalyst for inhibition of bacterial colonization on percutaneous implants

(2008) Yoshinobu Oka et al.   JOURNAL OF BIOMEDICAL MATERIALS RESEARCH PART B-APPLIED BIOMATERIALS

Microtrapping characteristics of single and multi-walled carbon nanotubes

(2008) Chaudhery Mustansar Hussain et al.   JOURNAL OF CHROMATOGRAPHY A

Enhanced photodynamic cancer treatment by supramolecular nanocarriers charged with dendrimer phthalocyanine

(2008) Nobuhiro Nishiyama et al.   JOURNAL OF CONTROLLED RELEASE

Synthesis and antibacterial activity of silver nanoparticles with different sizes

(2008) G. A. Martínez-Castañón et al.   JOURNAL OF NANOPARTICLE RESEARCH

Highly Efficient Drug Delivery with Gold Nanoparticle Vectors for in Vivo Photodynamic Therapy of Cancer

(2008) Yu Cheng et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

Biocidal Activity of Nanocrystalline Silver Powders and Particles

(2008) Alexander B. Smetana et al.   LANGMUIR

New Cationic Liposomes as Vehicles ofm-Tetrahydroxyphenylchlorin in Photodynamic Therapy of Infectious Diseases

(2008) Cecilia Bombelli et al.   MOLECULAR PHARMACEUTICS

Surfactant−Polymer Nanoparticles Enhance the Effectiveness of Anticancer Photodynamic Therapy

(2008) Ayman Khdair et al.   MOLECULAR PHARMACEUTICS

Strong Antimicrobial Coatings: Single-Walled Carbon Nanotubes Armored with Biopolymers

(2008) Dhriti Nepal et al.   NANO LETTERS

Nano-graphene oxide for cellular imaging and drug delivery

(2008) Xiaoming Sun et al.   Nano Research

The antimicrobial sensitivity of Streptococcus mutans to nanoparticles of silver, zinc oxide, and gold

(2008) Juan Francisco Hernández-Sierra et al.   Nanomedicine-Nanotechnology Biology and Medicine

A Preliminary Assessment of Silver Nanoparticle Inhibition of Monkeypox Virus Plaque Formation

(2008) James V. Rogers et al.   Nanoscale Research Letters

Functional Fe3O4/TiO2 Core/Shell Magnetic Nanoparticles as Photokilling Agents for Pathogenic Bacteria

(2008) Wei-Jen Chen et al.   Small

Microbiological disinfection of water and air by photocatalysis

(2007) Chantal Guillard et al.   COMPTES RENDUS CHIMIE

Synthesis, properties and photodynamic inactivation of Escherichia coli by novel cationic fullerene C60 derivatives

(2007) Mariana B. Spesia et al.   EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF MEDICINAL CHEMISTRY

Self-sterilization using silicone catheters coated with Ag and TiO2 nanocomposite thin film

(2007) Yanyan Yao et al.   JOURNAL OF BIOMEDICAL MATERIALS RESEARCH PART B-APPLIED BIOMATERIALS

Photocatalytic sterilization of TiO2 films coated on Al fiber

(2007) Li Luo et al.   Materials Science and Engineering B-Advanced Functional Solid-State Materials

Targeted Photothermal Lysis of the Pathogenic Bacteria,Pseudomonas aeruginosa, with Gold Nanorods

(2007) R. Sean Norman et al.   NANO LETTERS

Photocatalytic inactivation of Cryptosporidium parvum with TiO2 and low-pressure ultraviolet irradiation

(2007) Hodon Ryu et al.   WATER RESEARCH