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Article Citation - WoS: 3Citation - Scopus: 2Design and Evaluation of Novel Poly (Vinyl Alcohol)-Based Electrospun Nanofibers Bearing Quaternized Zinc Phthalocyanine with Improved Antibacterial Efficiency(Elsevier Sci Ltd, 2025) Yavuz, Ozgur; Cakir, Neslihan Turhan; Alcay, Yusuf; Kadi, Ilayda Hizir; Kahveci, Muhammet U.; Yilmaz, Ismail; Altinkok, CagatayElectrospinning of macrocyclic compounds offers a versatile route to functional nanofibers for biomedical applications. However, the small molecular size and tendency to aggregate of such compounds often preclude their direct processing. Herein, we report the fabrication of poly(vinyl alcohol) (PVA) nanofibers uniformly embedded with a dimethylaminophenyl-functionalized, quaternized zinc phthalocyanine derivative (Q-DMAPZnPc) via a straightforward aqueous electrospinning process. Successful incorporation of Q-DMAPZnPc into the PVA matrix was confirmed by FT-IR and 1H NMR spectroscopies. SEM revealed bead-free fibers with average diameters decreasing from 152 +/- 20 nm to 110 +/- 23 nm as the Q-DMAPZnPc loading increased. Water contact angle, thermogravimetric, and differential scanning calorimetry analyses demonstrated that both hydrophilicity and thermal stability of the fibers improved with higher Q-DMAPZnPc content. The singlet oxygen quantum yield (Phi Delta) of the PVA-Q-DMAPZnPc (5 wt %) was measured as 0.35. Importantly, quaternization endowed the fibers with potent antibacterial activity: under visible-light irradiation, PVA-Q-DMAPZnPc mats achieved significant log-reduction against both Gram-negative (Escherichia coli, Salmonella typhimurium) and Gram-positive (Staphylococcus aureus, Bacillus cereus) pathogens, markedly outperforming neat PVA controls. These findings highlight the promise of Q-DMAPZnPc-loaded PVA nanofibers as light-activated antimicrobial platforms for next-generation therapeutic and protective materials.Article Citation - WoS: 1The Impact of Oxygen and Antimicrobial Tea Tree Oil Carrying Biomaterial on Cell Viability Under Hypoxic Conditions(Wiley, 2025) Demir, Yagmur Damla; Tepeli, Dilek; Guvensen, Mahmut Deniz; Soyer, Ferda; Akin, Ozlem; Kehr, Nermin SedaTraditional wound treatment involves protecting the wound with dressing and administering antibiotics to prevent tissue infection due to bacteria. However, these methods are inadequate due to the side effects of antibiotics on healthy cells and microbial resistance to antibiotics. Therefore, new strategies involving the application of natural resources such as essential oils as antimicrobial agents in combination with biomaterials as wound dressings have been tested in the treatment of wounds. Furthermore, oxygen (O2)-releasing biomaterials have attracted great interest due to the important role of O2 in wound healing processes. However, the co-application of O2 and essential oil as antimicrobial and cell-promoting agents has not been studied. In this context, we report a novel biomaterial capable of co-delivering O2 and natural antimicrobial tea tree oil (TTO) for 15 and 5 days, respectively. The biomaterial consists of an alginate scaffold (Alg-PMOF-O) containing O2-carrying nanomaterial, laponite and TTO. In vitro bacterial experiments have shown that O2 release from Alg-PMOF-O is an additional parameter acting as an antibacterial agent to inhibit bacterial growth but is not sufficient alone to inhibit bacteria. 5 mu L of TTO in Alg-PMOF-O is necessary to suppress both E. coli and S. aureus over a 1-day incubation period. The effect of TTO and O2 alone or in combination on cell viability is examined using WST-1 and PrestoBlue assays. According to the WST-1 and PrestoBlue tests, the combined application of TTO and O2 does not show any toxic effect on fibroblast cells under normoxic conditions during the 5-day incubation period. Under hypoxic conditions, the WST-1 test shows no toxic effect after only 1 day of incubation, while the PrestoBlue test shows no toxicity under hypoxia during both 1 and 5 days of incubation. On the other hand, the combined application of TTO and O2 indicates toxic effects on cancer Malme-3M cells during both normoxic and hypoxic conditions over 1 and 5 days of incubation. This effect is confirmed by both the WST-1 and PrestoBlue tests. The overall results demonstrate that Alg-PMOF-O exhibits antibacterial activity while having a lower toxic effect on fibroblasts under hypoxic conditions, and therefore has potential for use as wound dressing.Article Citation - WoS: 5Citation - Scopus: 5Effects of Diborolane Containing Oxo/Amine Compounds on Clinically Important Bacteria and Candida Species(Elsevier B.V., 2024) Şahin,Y.; Çoban,E.P.; Özgener,H.; Bıyık,H.H.; Sevincek,R.; Aygün,M.; Gürbüz,B.A good yield of 1,2-diborolanderivatives 2-8 was obtained from the reaction of 1,2-dichloro-1,2-diborolane 1 and R2NLi/ArNHLi/PhOLi/H2O. The structures of these new derivatives were characterized by nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy. The molecular structures of 4 and 7a were also determined using single-crystal X-ray diffraction. The antimicrobial activities of synthesized compounds were tested against clinically important Gram-positive, Gram-negative bacteria, and Candida species. The most effective substances were found to be compounds 2, 3, 4, 6 and 8 among the tested compounds. Therefore, the activity of these substances were investigated against Staphylococcus aureus ATCC 43300 and Enterococcus faecalis ATCC 51575, which form biofilms and have antibiotic resistance. Compound 2, 6 and 8 appears to be a promising candidate for potential antibacterial agents against these bacterial strains, especially given its potent activity against biofilm-forming and antibiotic resistant strains. The results indicate that these new materials will be evaluated as potential drugs against infectious diseases in the future. © 2024 Elsevier B.V.