Pubblicazione scientifica

Recent Developments in Antimicrobial Polymers: A Review

FILONE TECNOLOGICO	TEMA
produzione e raccolta

RIASSUNTO

Antimicrobial polymers represent a very promising class of therapeutics with unique characteristics for fighting microbial infections. As the classic antibiotics exhibit an increasingly low capacity to effectively act on microorganisms, new solutions must be developed. The importance of this class of materials emerged from the uncontrolled use of antibiotics, which led to the advent of multidrug-resistant microbes, being nowadays one of the most serious public health problems. This review presents a critical discussion of the latest developments involving the use of different classes of antimicrobial polymers. The synthesis pathways used to afford macromolecules with antimicrobial properties, as well as the relationship between the structure and performance of these materials are discussed.

DATA

Data di pubblicazione: 20/07/2016

AUTORI

SANTOS MADSON R E
FONSECA ANA C
MENDONCA PATRICIA V
BRANCO RITA
SERRA ARMENIO C
MORAIS PAULA V
COELHO JORGE F J

ENTE DI AFFERENZA

CEMUC DEPT CHEM ENG UNIV COIMBRA COIMBRA 3030 790 PORTUGAL MADHSONRICARDO GMAIL COM MRES ANA CLO FONSECA GMAIL COM ACF PATMEND GMAIL COM PVM ARMENIO SERRA GMAIL COM ACS
CEMUC DEPT LIFE SCIENCES UNIV COIMBRA COIMBRA 3001 401 PORTUGAL RSRBRANCO GMAIL COM RB PVMORAIS CI UC PT PVM

RIVISTA

Materials, 9(7), 599

IMPACT FACTOR

3,057

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