Surface arming magnetic nanoparticles with amine N-halamines as recyclable antibacterial agents: Construction and evaluation.

Magnetic recyclable antibacterial nanomaterials, i.e., magnetic amine N-halamine nanoparticles (Fe3O4@SiO2/CTMP NPs), were constructed by arming magnetic silica nanoparticles (Fe3O4@SiO2 NPs) with amine N-halamine (CTMP).

Insight into Biological Effects of Zinc Oxide Nanoflowers on Bacteria: Why Morphology Matters.

Zinc oxides have gained exciting achievements in antimicrobial fields because of their advantageous properties, whereas their biological effects on bacteria are currently underexplored. In this study, biological effects of flower-shaped nano zinc oxides on bacteria were systematically investigated. Zinc oxide nanoflowers with controllable morphologies (viz.

Unexpected Enhancement in Antibacterial Activity of N-Halamine Polymers from Spheres to Fibers.

Preventing bacterial infections is a main focus of medical care. Antibacterial agents with broad and excellent disinfection capability against pathogenic bacteria are in fact urgently required. Herein, a novel strategy for the development of N-halamine polymers from spheres to fibers using a combined copolymerization-electrospinning-chlorination technique was reported, allowing fight against bacterial pathogen.

Decorating CdTe QD-Embedded Mesoporous Silica Nanospheres with Ag NPs to Prevent Bacteria Invasion for Enhanced Anticounterfeit Applications.

Quantum dots (QDs) as potent candidates possess advantageous superiority in fluorescence imaging applications, but they are susceptible to the biological circumstances (e.g., bacterial environment), leading to fluorescence quenching or lose of fluorescent properties.

Tailored synthesis of amine N-halamine copolymerized polystyrene with capability of killing bacteria.

Novel amine N-halamine copolymerized polystyrene (ANHCPS) nanostructures were controllably fabricated as potent antibiotics by using the surfactant-free emulsion copolymerization for killing pathogenic bacteria. The morphology and size of the ANHCPS were well tailored by tuning reaction conditions such as monomer molar ratio, temperature, and copolymerization time. Effect of chlorination aging time on the oxidative chlorine content in the ANHCPS was established, and the oxidative chlorine content was determined by the modified iodometric/thiosulfate technique.

Assessment of 2,2,6,6-tetramethyl-4-piperidinol-based amine N-halamine-labeled silica nanoparticles as potent antibiotics for deactivating bacteria.

Novel potent antibiotics, amine N-halamine-labeled silica nanoparticles (ANHLS NPs) based on 2,2,6,6-tetramethyl-4-piperidinol (TMP), were skillfully synthesized via the encapsulation of silica nanoparticles with amine N-halamine polymer for effective killing pathogenic bacteria. The particle size and coating thickness of amine N-halamine of ANHLS NPs were well controlled by tuning size of silica NPs and polymer encapsulation period, respectively. Effect of chlorination time on the oxidative chlorine content in ANHLS NPs was well elucidated by the aid of the modified iodometric/thiosulfate technique.

N-halamine-decorated polystyrene nanoparticles based on 5-allylbarbituric acid: from controllable fabrication to bactericidal evaluation.

N-halamine-based antibacterial polystyrene nanoparticles with different particle size ranged from 91.5 nm to 562.5 nm were facilely fabricated by surfactant-free emulsion polymerization with 5-allylbarbituric acid served as N-halamine precursor.

Bactericidal evaluation of N-halamine-functionalized silica nanoparticles based on barbituric acid.

Novel N-halamine-functionalized silica nanoparticles (NHFS NPs) were facilely fabricated from the 5-allylbarbituric acid (ABBA) by a seeded copolymerization using colloidal silica nanoparticles as support and ABBA-based N-halamine copolymers as shell. The NHFS NPs with spherical morphology and legible core-shell structure have the average diameter of 538.5 nm and the average shell thickness of 19.

Barbituric acid-based magnetic N-halamine nanoparticles as recyclable antibacterial agents.

Novel recyclable bactericidal materials, barbituric acid-based magnetic N-halamine nanoparticles (BAMNH NPs), were fabricated by coating of magnetic silica nanoparticles (MS NPs) with barbituric acid-based N-halamine by the aid of the radical polymerization. The sterilizing effect on the bacterial strain is investigated by incubating Gram-negative bacteria (Escherichia coli and Pseudomonas aeruginosa) and Gram-positive bacteria (Staphylococcus aureus and Bacillus subtilis). The as-prepared BAMNH NPs exhibit higher biocidal activity than the bulk powder barbituric acid-based N-halamine due to the high activated surface area.