Nanostructures for Antimicrobial Therapy

Prof. Anton Ficai is Professor and PhD advisor in the Faculty of Chemical Engineering and Biotechnologies at the National University of Science and Technology POLITEHNICA Bucharest, Romania. He is deeply involved in academic and research activities, coordinating courses in Chemistry, Materials Characterization, Composite Materials for Medicine, and NanoBioMaterials for Tissue Engineering and Drug Delivery. His research covers tissue engineering, drug delivery systems, multifunctional and composite materials, antimicrobial and antitumoral coatings, nanoparticle synthesis, and surface modification. He has published over 350 scientific papers—including more than 330 ISI-indexed works—and 23 books or chapters, and he holds 30 patent applications, 10 of which are granted. Internationally recognized, he frequently serves as an invited speaker, guest editor, editorial board member, and Section Editor-in-Chief of Coatings. A valedictorian of UPB and laureate of national chemistry competitions, he has received over 100 awards and is an active member of the Academy of Romanian Scientists.Dr. Grumezescu is Assistant Professor at the Department of Science and Engineering of Oxide Materials and Nanomaterials, in the Faculty of Applied Chemistry and Materials Science, with a second affiliation to the Faculty of Medical Engineering, at the Politehnica University of Bucharest in Romania. He is an experienced and oft-published researcher and editor in the field of nano and biomaterials, and he is the Editor-in-Chief of three journals: Biointerface Research in Applied Chemistry, Letters and Applied NanoBioScience, and Biomaterials and Tissue Engineering Bulletin. He also serves as editor or guest editor for several notable journals. Dr. Grumezescu has published 150 peer-reviewed papers, 20 book chapters, 6 co-authored books and 11 edited books.

• 1. Antimicrobials: Meeting challenges of antibiotic resistance and drug delivery2. Nano-antimicrobials: Activity, benefits and weaknesses3. Sensitive And Selective Assay Of Antimicrobials On Nanostructured Materials By Electrochemical Techniques4. Antimicrobial Polymeric Nanostructures5. Thin degradable coatings for optimization of osteointegration associated with simultaneous infection prophylaxis6. Nanostructure and Nanomedicine of Anti-microbial Agents for Neuroinfectious of Neurodegenerative Diseases: Current and Future Perspectives7. Nanocarriers and Their Potential Application as Antimicrobial Drug Delivery8. Delivery of Antimicrobials by Chitosan Composed Therapeutic Nanostructures9. Antimicrobial thin coatings prepared by laser processing10. Antimicrobial Photo Dynamic Therapy With Nanoparticle Vs Conventional Photosensitizer In Oral Diseases11. The Applications of 19F Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy and Imaging for the Study of Nanostructures used in Antimicrobial Therapy12. Esential oils and nanoparticles: new strategy to prevent microbial biofilms13. Nanocarriers Assisted Antimicrobial Therapy Against Intracellular Pathogens14. Implications, Mechanisms and Applications of Nanomaterials with Antimicrobial Properties15. Outer Membrane Vesicles Of Gram-Negative Bacteria: Nanoware For Combat Against Microbes And Macrobes16. Organic nanocarriers for the delivery of anti-infective agents17. Nanocarriers for plant-derived natural compounds18. Fullerene derivatives in photodynamic inactivation of microorganisms19. Silver iodide (AgI) nanoparticles as an anti-biofilm agent. A case study on gram-negative biofilm forming bacteria20. Nanoformulations for the Therapy of Pulmonary Infections21. Nanocarriers for photosensitizers for use in the antimicrobial photodynamic therapy22. Zinc oxide nanostructures: new trend in antimicrobial therapy23. Copper based Nanoparticles as Antimicrobials24. Antimicrobial Applications of Superparamagnetic Iron Oxide Nanoparticles: Perspectives and Challenges25. Silica nanoparticles as a basis for efficacy of antimicrobial drug26. Silver nanoparticles as antimicrobial agents: past, present, and future27. Encapsulation of lethal, functional and therapeutic medicinal nanoparticles and quantum dots for the improved diagnosis and treatment of infection28. Advanced Nanocomposites with Noble Metal Antimicrobial Nanoparticles: how to design a balance among antimicrobial activity, bioactivity and safe delivery to the place of infection29. Clinical development in antimicrobial nanomedicine: towards novel solutions30. The citation classics in antimicrobial nanostructures