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REVIEW article

Front. Nanotechnol.

Sec. Biomedical Nanotechnology

Volume 7 - 2025 | doi: 10.3389/fnano.2025.1611126

Antimicrobial Nanoparticles: A New Horizon to Combat Multidrug-Resistant Bacteria

Provisionally accepted
  • Dayalbagh Educational Institute, Agra, India

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Antimicrobial nanoparticles (NPs) exhibit revolutionary potential against infections due to their unique physicochemical properties that enhance antimicrobial activity. Antimicrobial NPs employ various mechanisms and pathways, including ROS generation, cell membrane disruption, DNA and protein damage, interfering metabolic pathways, and the electron transport chain, that eventually lead to microbial cell death. They are more beneficial than conventional antibiotics and have broad-spectrum efficacy with lower risk of resistance. Specifically, antibacterial NPs have a wide range of applications in various fields, such as food safety such as food safety (e.g., antimicrobial packaging), water purification, healthcare (e.g., wound healing, coatings on medical devices), agriculture (e.g., disease management, plant protection), and industrial products (e.g., textiles, personal care items). Despite their promising potential, challenges such as toxicity, environmental impact, and regulatory limitations remain critical for their sustainable use. This review aims to provide the critical insights of the various antibacterial NPs applications, mechanisms of action, and future scope, with highlighting their potential prospects for safe and optimal use.

Keywords: Nanoparticle (NPs), Multiple drug resistance (MDR), Minimum InhibitoryConcentration (MIC), Nanotherapeutics, reactive oxygen species (ROS)

Received: 13 Apr 2025; Accepted: 20 Oct 2025.

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* Correspondence: Rajiv Ranjan, rajivranjanbt@gmail.com

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