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Self-Assembled Antimicrobial Nanomaterials

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  • Ana Maria Carmona-Ribeiro

    (Biocolloids Laboratory, Instituto de Química, Universidade de São Paulo; Av. Prof. Lineu Prestes 748, São Paulo 05508-000, Brazil)

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Nanotechnology came to stay improving the quality of human life by reducing environmental contamination of earth and water with pathogens. This review discusses how self-assembled antimicrobial nanomaterials can contribute to maintain humans, their water and their environment inside safe boundaries to human life even though some of these nanomaterials display an overt toxicity. At the core of their strategic use, the self-assembled antimicrobial nanomaterials exhibit optimal and biomimetic organization leading to activity at low doses of their toxic components. Antimicrobial bilayer fragments, bilayer-covered or multilayered nanoparticles, functionalized inorganic or organic polymeric materials, coatings and hydrogels disclose their potential for environmental and public health applications in this review.

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  • Ana Maria Carmona-Ribeiro, 2018. "Self-Assembled Antimicrobial Nanomaterials," IJERPH, MDPI, vol. 15(7), pages 1-29, July.
    • Handle: RePEc:gam:jijerp:v:15:y:2018:i:7:p:1408-:d:156149
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