Angewandte Chemie International Edition,
Journal Year:
2025,
Volume and Issue:
unknown
Published: Feb. 5, 2025
Abstract
Infectious
diseases
pose
considerable
challenges
to
public
health,
particularly
with
the
rise
of
multidrug‐resistant
pathogens
that
globally
cause
high
mortality
rates.
These
can
persist
on
surfaces
and
spread
in
healthcare
settings.
Advances
have
been
made
developing
antimicrobial
materials
reduce
transmission
pathogens,
including
composed
naturally
sourced
polyphenols
their
derivatives,
which
exhibit
potency,
broad‐spectrum
activity,
a
lower
likelihood
promoting
resistance.
This
review
provides
an
overview
recent
advances
fabrication
phenolic
biomaterials,
where
natural
compounds
act
as
active
agents
or
encapsulate
other
(e.g.,
metal
ions,
peptides,
biopolymers).
Various
forms
biomaterials
synthesized
through
these
two
strategies,
particles,
capsules,
hydrogels,
coatings,
are
summarized,
focus
application
wound
healing,
bone
repair
regeneration,
oral
coatings
for
medical
devices.
The
potential
advanced
promising
therapeutic
approach
combating
antimicrobial‐resistant
infections
reducing
microbial
transmission.
Advanced Science,
Journal Year:
2022,
Volume and Issue:
9(27)
Published: July 25, 2022
Due
to
the
abuse
of
antibiotics
and
emergence
multidrug
resistant
microorganisms,
medical
devices,
related
biomaterials
are
at
high
risk
microbial
infection
during
use,
placing
a
heavy
burden
on
patients
healthcare
systems.
Metal-phenolic
networks
(MPNs),
an
emerging
organic-inorganic
hybrid
network
system
developed
gradually
in
recent
years,
have
exhibited
excellent
multifunctional
properties
such
as
anti-inflammatory,
antioxidant,
antibacterial
by
making
use
coordination
between
phenolic
ligands
metal
ions.
Further,
MPNs
received
widespread
attention
antimicrobial
infections
due
their
facile
synthesis
process,
biocompatibility,
brought
about
polyphenols
In
this
review,
different
categories
based
(nanoparticles,
coatings,
capsules,
hydrogels)
fabrication
strategies
summarized,
research
advances
applications
biomedical
fields
(e.g.,
skin
repair,
bone
regeneration,
etc.)
highlighted.
Advanced Materials,
Journal Year:
2022,
Volume and Issue:
35(1)
Published: Oct. 17, 2022
Solar
desalination
is
one
of
the
most
promising
strategies
to
address
global
freshwater
shortage
crisis.
However,
residual
salt
accumulated
on
top
surface
solar
evaporators
severely
reduces
light
absorption
and
steam
evaporation
efficiency,
thus
impeding
further
industrialization
this
technology.
Herein,
a
metal-phenolic
network
(MPN)-engineered
3D
evaporator
composed
photothermal
superhydrophilic/superhydrophobic
sponges
side-twining
hydrophilic
threads
for
efficient
with
directional
crystallization
zero
liquid
discharge
reported.
The
MPN
coatings
afford
engineering
alternating
high
heating
efficiency
defined
vapor
escape
channels,
while
induce
site-selective
crystallization.
exhibits
stable
indoor
rate
(≈2.3
kg
m-2
h-1
)
concentrated
seawater
(20
wt%)
under
simulated
sun
irradiation
over
21
days
without
need
inhibitors.
This
direct
also
achieved
in
outdoor
field
operations
production
clean
water
up
≈1.82
from
(10
wt%).
Together
affinity
multiple
functions
MPNs,
work
expected
facilitate
rational
design
devices
boost
research
translation
materials
broader
applications.
Materials Horizons,
Journal Year:
2022,
Volume and Issue:
9(10), P. 2496 - 2517
Published: Jan. 1, 2022
The
scarcity
of
clean
water
has
become
a
global
environmental
problem
which
constrains
the
development
public
health,
economy,
and
sustainability.
In
recent
years,
natural
polyphenols
have
drawn
increasing
interests
as
promising
platforms
towards
diverse
remediation
composites
devices,
owing
to
their
abundant
renewable
resource
in
nature,
highly
active
surface
chemistry,
multifunctionality.
This
review
aims
summarize
most
advances
highlights
polyphenol-based
composite
materials
(e.g.,
nanofibers,
membranes,
particles,
hydrogels)
for
remediation,
by
focusing
on
structural
functional
features,
well
diversified
applications
including
membrane
filtration,
solar
distillation,
adsorption,
advanced
oxidation
processes,
disinfection.
Finally,
future
challenges
this
field
are
also
prospected.
It
is
anticipated
that
will
provide
new
opportunities
other
kinds
naturally
occurring
molecules
purification
applications.
Advanced Materials,
Journal Year:
2023,
Volume and Issue:
36(6)
Published: Nov. 24, 2023
Antibiotic-resistant
bacteria
pose
a
global
health
threat
by
causing
persistent
and
recurrent
microbial
infections.
To
address
this
issue,
antimicrobial
nanoparticles
(NPs)
with
low
drug
resistance
but
potent
bactericidal
effects
have
been
developed.
However,
many
of
the
developed
NPs
display
poor
biosafety
their
synthesis
often
involves
complex
procedures
modes
action
are
unclear.
Herein,
simple
strategy
is
reported
for
designing
metal-phenolic
network
(am-MPN)
through
one-step
assembly
seeding
agent
(diethyldithiocarbamate),
natural
polyphenols,
metal
ions
(e.g.,
Cu
ACS Infectious Diseases,
Journal Year:
2023,
Volume and Issue:
9(3), P. 394 - 422
Published: Feb. 15, 2023
In
a
previous
development
stage,
mostly
individual
antibacterial
activity
was
target
in
the
optimization
of
biologically
active
compounds
and
antiseptic
agents.
Although
this
targeting
is
still
valuable,
new
trend
has
appeared
since
discovery
superhigh
resistance
bacterial
cells
upon
their
aggregation
into
groups.
Indeed,
it
now
well
established
that
great
majority
pathogenic
germs
are
found
environment
as
surface-associated
microbial
communities
called
biofilms.
The
protective
properties
biofilms
resistance,
even
to
high
concentrations
biocides,
cause
many
chronic
infections
medical
settings
lead
serious
economic
losses
various
areas.
A
paradigm
shift
from
also
affecting
more
complex
cellular
frameworks
taking
place
involves
multiple
strategies
for
combating
with
effective
at
different
stages
microbiome
formation.
Quaternary
ammonium
(QACs)
play
key
role
these
treatments
prophylactic
techniques
on
basis
both
use
agents
combination
technologies.
review,
we
summarize
literature
data
effectiveness
using
commercially
available
newly
synthesized
QACs,
synergistic
treatment
based
them.
As
an
important
focus,
developing
applying
antimicrobial
coatings
prevent
formation
surfaces
over
time
discussed.
information
analyzed
review
will
be
useful
researchers
engineers
working
fields,
including
generation
applied
materials;
understanding
biofilm
surface
growth;
conducting
research
medical,
pharmaceutical,
materials
sciences.
regular
studies
widely
conducted,
promising
evaluate
antibiofilm
comprehensive
study
order
meet
current
requirements
highly
needed
practical
applications.
