Cytotoxicity Evaluation and Antibacterial Activity of Nanoscale Materials
A special issue of Nanomaterials (ISSN 2079-4991). This special issue belongs to the section "Biology and Medicines".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 20 November 2024 | Viewed by 52
Special Issue Editors
Interests: toxicology; nanotoxicology; alternative models; risk assessment
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Interests: research of new anti-infectives; development of new strategies to fight antimicrobial resistance
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
For several years, nanoparticles and nanomaterials have been attracting growing interest across many fields, ranging from fundamental research to applications in industry, such as in catalysis, imaging, energy, and electronics, as well as in the environmental and pharmaceutical and biomedical fields. With the properties of nanoparticles and nanomaterials being intimately linked to their shape and size, they often differ significantly from those of larger particles, including for particles produced from the same basic element. Thus, in some cases, their properties can be “beneficial”, while, in others, there are certain effects that can be considered “toxic”. The question is whether these toxic effects concern humans or other species, such as microorganisms.
The objective of this Special Issue is to highlight recent advances in the research on nanoparticles and nanomaterials related to the evaluation of the cytotoxicity of nanoscale materials, as well as their antimicrobial properties (antibacterial, antifungal, etc.). This Special Issue may include original research articles and reviews on the assessment of cytotoxicity and antimicrobial properties of materials, which is a topic of interest, to ensure that the best choices are made regarding tests and approaches for assessing these properties and the mechanisms involved.
Prof. Dr. Luc Ferrari
Prof. Dr. Raphaël E. Duval
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- nanomaterial
- nanoparticles
- toxicity
- test
- antibacterial activity
- in vitro
