title: Modified wound dressing with phyto-nanostructured coating to prevent staphylococcal and pseudomonal biofilm development.
abstract: This paper reports a newly fabricated nanophyto-modified wound dressing with microbicidal and anti-adherence properties. Nanofluid-based magnetite doped with eugenol or limonene was used to fabricate modified wound dressings. Nanostructure coated materials were characterized by TEM, XRD, and FT-IR. For the quantitative measurement of biofilm-embedded microbial cells, a culture-based method for viable cell count was used. The optimized textile dressing samples proved to be more resistant to staphylococcal and pseudomonal colonization and biofilm formation compared to the uncoated controls. The functionalized surfaces for wound dressing seems to be a very useful tool for the prevention of wound microbial contamination on viable tissues.
authors.affiliation: Department of Science and Engineering of Oxidic Materials and Nanomaterials, Faculty of Applied Chemistry and Materials Science, University Politehnica of Bucharest, Polizu Street No, 1-7, Bucharest, 011061, Romania. grumezescu@yahoo.com.
authors.forename: Ion
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Anghel
authors.forename: Alina Maria
authors.initials: AM
authors.lastname: Holban
authors.forename: Alexandru Mihai
authors.initials: AM
authors.lastname: Grumezescu
authors.forename: Ecaterina
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Andronescu
authors.forename: Anton
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Ficai
authors.forename: Alina Georgiana
authors.initials: AG
authors.lastname: Anghel
authors.forename: Maria
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Maganu
authors.forename: Veronica
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authors.lastname: Laz R
authors.forename: Mariana Carmen
authors.initials: MC
authors.lastname: Chifiriuc