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The bacterial contaminated glove is the most important cause of bacteria transmission in health care and food industries. Manufacturing antimicrobial latex seems as a possible solution to prevent these contaminations. Due to bacterial drug resistance new effective antimicrobial drugs must be developed. Great progresses on nanoparticle-based antimicrobial latex requires to consider the shared interest between microbiologists and nanoengineers in developing novel nanotechnology targeting a few major unmet challenges of antimicrobial agents. The current brief book focuses on antimicrobial agents and also nanoparticles with antimicrobial properties have been discussed. Moreover antimicrobial latex and its biomedical applications have been reviewed.

Dr. Samira Bagheri is a senior lecturer in the Nanotechnology & Catalysis Research Centre, University of Malaya. She received her PhD (2013) from Nanotechnology & Catalysis Research Centre, University of Malaya. Samira’s main research interests are in the areas of carbon nanomaterials, such as carbon nanotubes, graphene oxide and graphene nanosheets, metal oxide nanocomposites advance smart nanohybrids, especially apply in electrochemical sensors, supercapacitors, fuel cells and environmental pollution management. Affiliation: Nanotechnology & Catalysis Research Centre (NANOCAT), IPS Building, University Malaya, 50603 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia Dr. Iraj Sadegh Amiri, received his B. Sc (Hons, Applied Physics) from Public University of Oroumiyeh, Iran in 2001 and a gold medalist M. Sc. from University Technology Malaysia (UTM), in 2009. He was awarded a PhD degree in photonics in Jan 2014. He has published more than 300 journals/conferences and books in Optical Soliton Communications, Nano photonics, Nonlinear Fiber Optics, Quantum Cryptography, Optical Tweezers, Nanotechnology, Biomedical Physics and Biotechnology Engineering. Affiliation: Photonics Research Centre, University of Malaya, 50603 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia Prof Dr. Sharifah Bee Abd Hamid is the Director of Nanotechnology & Catalysis Research Centre (NANOCAT), a potential National HICOE and UM COE.She has unique experience gained from academia and industry. Her research interest is in catalysis and nanomaterial. She remains active in catalyst development based on metal oxides, carbon, HPA, Ionic Liquid. Besides petrochemical and environmental caalysis, she focuses her research in biorefining and solar refining with emphasis on technology and catalyst development of sustainable resources from biomass and water, and capitalizing from solar energy. The catalyst and nanomaterial find applications in sustainable energy and chemical synthesis, besides active in water environment mitigation. Affiliation: Nanotechnology & Catalysis Research Centre (NANOCAT), IPS Building, University Malaya, 50603 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia Dr. Amin Termehyousefi Affiliation: ChECA IKohza, Department of Environmental & Green Technology (EGT), Malaysia Japan International Institute of Technology (MJIIT), University Technology Malaysia (UTM), Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia