Title
Novel-porous-Ag<sup>0</sup> nanocomposite hydrogels via green process for advanced antibacterial applications
Date Issued
01 December 2014
Access level
metadata only access
Resource Type
journal article
Author(s)
Universidad de Concepción
Publisher(s)
John Wiley and Sons Inc.
Abstract
Silver nanoparticles (NPs) antibacterial characteristics were depends on its particle stabilization, particles size and nucleation agent. In this study, we report on green process of porous silver nanocomposite hydrogels for advanced antibacterial applications. The porous poly(acrylamide) (PAM) hydrogels were developed employing sucrose as porogenator. Silver NPs were nucleated with natural biomass Neem (Azadirachta indica) leaf extracts within the porous hydrogel networks. The formation of silver NPs in the porous hydrogels was confirmed by ultraviolet-visible spectroscopy, fourier transform infrared spectroscopy, X-ray diffraction, and thermo gravimetric analysis. Morphological studies done by scanning electron microscopy and transmission electron microscopy showed that the hydrogels were porous in nature and stabilization of NPs, size, and particles shape. The porous PAM silver nanoparticle hydrogels demonstrated excellent antimicrobial activity with significant effect against Escherichia coli, Micrococcus, and Candida albicus. Hence, it was clear that the developed hydrogels can be used effectively for preventing and treating infections.
Start page
4616
End page
4624
Volume
102
Issue
12
Language
English
OCDE Knowledge area
Ciencia de los polÃmeros
Subjects
Scopus EID
2-s2.0-84911807077
PubMed ID
Source
Journal of Biomedical Materials Research - Part A
ISSN of the container
15493296
Sources of information:
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