ReviewiScience2021
Antimicrobial and anti-adhesive properties of carbon nanotube-based surfaces for medical applications: a systematic review.
Review in iScience, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 35 papers.
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35 citing papers in PubMed, 119 citations in OpenAlex.
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- Antibiofilm Effect of Nitric Acid-Functionalized Carbon Nanotube-Based Surfaces againstAntibiotics (Basel, Switzerland) · 2023Article
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- Fighting bacterial pathogens with carbon nanotubes: focused review of recent progress.RSC advances · 2023Review
- A comparative evaluation of frictional resistance and surface roughness of silver coated and uncoated stainless-steel bracket wire assembly- AnJournal of clinical and experimental dentistry · 2023Article
- Antibacterial Effect of Carbon Nanomaterials: Nanotubes, Carbon Nanofibers, Nanodiamonds, and Onion-like Carbon.Materials (Basel, Switzerland) · 2023Article
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Abstract
Although high-performance carbon materials are widely used in surface engineering, with emphasis on carbon nanotubes (CNTs), the application of CNT nanocomposites on medical surfaces is poorly documented. In this study, we aimed to evaluate the antimicrobial and anti-adhesive properties of CNT-based surfaces. For this purpose, a PRISMA-oriented systematic review was conducted based on predefined criteria and 59 studies were selected for the qualitative analysis. Results from the analyzed studies suggest that surfaces containing modified CNTs, and specially CNTs conjugated with different polymers, exhibited strong antimicrobial and anti-adhesive activities. These composites seem to preserve the CNT toxicity to microorganisms and promote CNT-cell interactions, as well as to protect them from nonspecific protein adsorption. However, CNTs cannot yet compete with the conventional strategies to fight biofilms as their toxicity profile on the human body has not been thoroughly addressed. This review can be helpful for the development of new engineered medical surfaces.
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