Activated carbon nanoparticles from biowaste as new generation antimicrobial

carbon pellets manufacturersThere is a tremendous global threat by the microbes due to their ability to easily migrate and spread in the environment. Alternatively, resistance mechanisms developed by the microbes against the conventional antimicrobial drugs is of great concern due to significant mortality and morbidity and estimates to about 10 million deaths and 100 trillion USD of the global economic burden by the year 2050. WHO’s global surveillance report of 2014 on antibiotic resistance states that at least50% or more of WHO regions including Africa (77%), West Pacific Region (72%), East Mediterranean region (50%), South East Asia (81%) have developed resistance towards various microbes such as Escherichia Coli, Staphylococcus aureus, Klebsiella pneumoniae etc. This poses various challenges to overcome its pathogenic impacts in biomedical and healthcare sector creating a huge economic burden. In recent years, the synthesis and development of novel and potential antimicrobial agents with high antimicrobial activity is an emerging field of interest. The advent of novel nanomaterials is proven to have potential antimicrobial properties as they efficiently eradicate disease causing pathogens without any side effects due to their unique physico-chemical properties. Among various nanomaterials including carbon, activated carbon based nanoparticles (ACNPs) are emerging as effective antimicrobial agents due to their anti-microbial properties. Development of activated carbon nanoparticles, especially from biowaste derived carbon precursor materials, is a recent upcoming technology due to their easy availability, economic viability and low cost and easy methods of production.wanyang activated carbonThis review mainly focuses on the recent trends in the development and use of various activated carbon nanoparticles as anti-microbial agents.