Details

Autor(en) / Beteiligte

• Huang, Keng-Shiang
• Yang, Chih-Hui
• Huang, Shu-Ling
• Chen, Cheng-You
• Lu, Yuan-Yi
• Lin, Yung-Sheng

Titel

Recent Advances in Antimicrobial Polymers: A Mini-Review

Ist Teil von

• International journal of molecular sciences, 2016-09, Vol.17 (9), p.1578-1578

Ort / Verlag

Switzerland: MDPI

Erscheinungsjahr

2016

Quelle

EZB Electronic Journals Library

Beschreibungen/Notizen

• Human safety and well-being is threatened by microbes causing numerous infectious diseases resulting in a large number of deaths every year. Despite substantial progress in antimicrobial drugs, many infectious diseases remain difficult to treat. Antimicrobial polymers offer a promising antimicrobial strategy for fighting pathogens and have received considerable attention in both academic and industrial research. This mini-review presents the advances made in antimicrobial polymers since 2013. Antimicrobial mechanisms exhibiting either passive or active action and polymer material types containing bound or leaching antimicrobials are introduced. This article also addresses the applications of these antimicrobial polymers in the medical, food, and textile industries.