TY - JOUR
T1 - Carbon nanomaterials in microbial sensing and bactericidal applications
AU - Jaiswal, Kumar Sagar
AU - Kadamannil, Nila Nandha
AU - Jelinek, Raz
N1 - Funding Information:
Kumar Sagar Jaiswal [Ref No. 3/1/2(21)/ OBS /2019-NCD–II] is thankful to the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR), India , and Council of Higher Education (CHE), Israel , for support. RJ is grateful to the Israel Science Foundation , grant 2019-234, for financial support.
Publisher Copyright:
© 2023 Elsevier Ltd
PY - 2023/8/1
Y1 - 2023/8/1
N2 - The spread of antimicrobial resistance and lesser development of new antibiotics have intensified the search for new antimicrobial and diagnostic vehicles. Carbon nanomaterials (CNMs), which broadly include carbon dots, carbon nanotubes, and graphene/graphene oxide nanostructures, have emerged as promising theranostic materials exhibiting, in many instances, potent antibacterial activities and diagnostic capabilities. Ease of synthesis, tunable physicochemical properties, biocompatibility, and diverse modes of action make CNMs a powerful class of theranostic nanomaterials. This review discusses recent studies illuminating innovative new CNMs and their applications in bacterial theranostics. We particularly emphasize the relationship between the structural parameters and overall chemical properties of CNMs and their biological impact and utilization. Overall, the expanding work on the development and use of CNMs in therapeutic, sensing, and diagnostic applications in the microbial world underscores the considerable potential of these nanomaterials.
AB - The spread of antimicrobial resistance and lesser development of new antibiotics have intensified the search for new antimicrobial and diagnostic vehicles. Carbon nanomaterials (CNMs), which broadly include carbon dots, carbon nanotubes, and graphene/graphene oxide nanostructures, have emerged as promising theranostic materials exhibiting, in many instances, potent antibacterial activities and diagnostic capabilities. Ease of synthesis, tunable physicochemical properties, biocompatibility, and diverse modes of action make CNMs a powerful class of theranostic nanomaterials. This review discusses recent studies illuminating innovative new CNMs and their applications in bacterial theranostics. We particularly emphasize the relationship between the structural parameters and overall chemical properties of CNMs and their biological impact and utilization. Overall, the expanding work on the development and use of CNMs in therapeutic, sensing, and diagnostic applications in the microbial world underscores the considerable potential of these nanomaterials.
KW - Antibacterial activity
KW - Bacterial sensing
KW - Carbon dots
KW - Carbon nanomaterials (CNMs)
KW - Fluorescent nanomaterials
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U2 - 10.1016/j.cocis.2023.101719
DO - 10.1016/j.cocis.2023.101719
M3 - Review article
AN - SCOPUS:85165225105
SN - 1359-0294
VL - 66
JO - Current Opinion in Colloid and Interface Science
JF - Current Opinion in Colloid and Interface Science
M1 - 101719
ER -