Sporocidic properties of poly(vinyl alcohol)/silver nanoparticles/TEOS thin hybrid films

Journal of Biomedical Nanotechnology

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 465-472

  Pencheva, Daniela ^a   Bryaskova, Rayna ^b   Lad, Umesh ^c   Kale, Girish M ^c   Kantardjiev, T ^a  

^a NATIONAL CENTER OF INFECTIOUS AND PARASITIC DISEASES   (Bulgaria)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHEMICAL TECHNOLOGY AND METALLURGY   (Bulgaria)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Hybrid materials; Silver nanoparticles; Spores; Sporocidic activity

Indexed keywords

BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIAL SPORE; BIOLOGICAL PROPERTIES; CONTROL STRAIN; GEOBACILLUS STEAROTHERMOPHILUS; HYBRID FILM; SILVER CONCENTRATION; SILVER NANOPARTICLES; SPORES; STANDARD METHOD;

HYBRID MATERIALS; MATERIALS TESTING;

SILVER;

POLYVINYL ALCOHOL; SILVER NANOPARTICLE; TETRAETHOXYSILANE;

AGAR MEDIUM; ARTICLE; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIAL SPORE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; DISK DIFFUSION; FILM; GEOBACILLUS STEAROTHERMOPHILUS; NONHUMAN; PAPER CHROMATOGRAPHY; POUR AGAR METHOD; SPREAD AGAR METHOD;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; CRYSTALLIZATION; MATERIALS TESTING; MEMBRANES, ARTIFICIAL; MOLECULAR CONFORMATION; NANOSTRUCTURES; PARTICLE SIZE; POLYVINYL ALCOHOL; SILANES; SILVER; SPORES, BACTERIAL; SURFACE PROPERTIES;

EID: 84862289081     PISSN: 15507033     EISSN: 15507041     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1166/jbn.2012.1396     Document Type: Article

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