Recent Advances in the Development and Antimicrobial Applications of Metal–Phenolic Networks

Due to the abuse of antibiotics and the emergence of multidrug resistant microorganisms, medical devices, and related biomaterials are at high risk of microbial infection during use, placing a heavy burden on patients and healthcare systems. Metal-phenolic networks (MPNs), an emerging organic-inorganic hybrid network system developed gradually in recent years, have exhibited excellent multifunctional properties such as anti-inflammatory, antioxidant, and antibacterial properties by making use of the coordination between phenolic ligands and metal ions. Further, MPNs have received widespread attention in antimicrobial infections due to their facile synthesis process, excellent biocompatibility, and excellent…

• NN
  National Natural Science Foundation of China

  Awards: 81701929, 81772104, 82102545, 81971889, U21A2099, 81902013
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  Natural Science Foundation of Guangdong Province

  Awards: 2017A030310120, 2019A1515012170