Structure and properties of cholesterol-based hydrogelators with varying hydrophilic terminals: Biocompatibility and development of antibacterial soft nanocomposites

Langmuir

Volumn 29, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 316-327

  Dutta, Sounak ^a   Kar, Tanmoy ^a   Mandal, Deep ^a   Das, Prasanta Kumar ^a  

^a DEPARTMENT OF MATERIALS SCIENCE   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMMONIUM CHLORIDE; AMPHIPHILIC MOLECULES; AMPHIPHILICS; ANTIBACTERIAL PROPERTIES; BACTERICIDAL PROPERTIES; BROAD SPECTRUM; CELL VIABILITY; COUNTERIONS; FREE AMINES; GRAM-NEGATIVE BACTERIA; HEPG2 CELLS; HYDROGELATORS; HYDROPHILIC DOMAINS; HYDROPHILIC-LIPOPHILIC BALANCE; IONIC INTERACTION; POLAR HEAD; SELF-ASSEMBLED; SILVER NANOPARTICLES; SOFT NANOCOMPOSITES; SOLVENT MOLECULES; SPECTROSCOPIC INVESTIGATIONS; STRUCTURE AND PROPERTIES; STRUCTURE-PROPERTY CORRELATION; SUPRAMOLECULAR MORPHOLOGY; WATER GELATION;

AMINO ACIDS; AMMONIUM COMPOUNDS; BIOCOMPATIBILITY; CHLORINE COMPOUNDS; CHOLESTEROL; GELATION; HYDROGELS; HYDROGEN BONDS; HYDROPHILICITY; HYDROPHOBICITY; NANOCOMPOSITES; ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; SILVER; SYNTHESIS (CHEMICAL);

AMPHIPHILES;

ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; CHOLESTEROL; NANOCOMPOSITE;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CELL CULTURE; CELL SURVIVAL; CHEMICAL PHENOMENA; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHEMISTRY; CIRCULAR DICHROISM; DRUG DESIGN; FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; HUMAN; HYDROGEL; INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TEST; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; SYNTHESIS; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

ANIMALS; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; CELL SURVIVAL; CELLS, CULTURED; CHOLESTEROL; CIRCULAR DICHROISM; DRUG DESIGN; HUMANS; HYDROGELS; HYDROPHOBIC AND HYDROPHILIC INTERACTIONS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, TRANSMISSION; MICROSCOPY, FLUORESCENCE; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; NANOCOMPOSITES; SPECTROSCOPY, FOURIER TRANSFORM INFRARED;

EID: 84872116474     PISSN: 07437463     EISSN: 15205827     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/la3038389     Document Type: Article

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