Antimicrobial Ionic Liquid?Based Materials for Biomedical Applications

Excessive and unwarranted administration of antibiotics has invigorated the evolution multidrug-resistant microbes. There is, therefore, an urgent need for advanced active compounds. Ionic liquids with short-lived ion-pair structures are highly tunable have diverse applications. Apart from their unique physicochemical features, newly discovered biological activities ionic fascinated biochemists, microbiologists, medical scientists. In particular, antimicrobial properties opened new vistas in overcoming current challenges associated combating antibiotic-resistant pathogens. Discussions regarding liquid derivatives monomeric polymeric forms presented here. The mechanism parameters that affect activities, such as chain length, cation/anion type, cation density, polymerization, considered. potential applications biomedical arena, including regenerative medicine, biosensing, drug/biomolecule delivery, to stimulate scientific community further improve efficacy liquids.