Development of noncytotoxic chitosan-gold nanocomposites as efficient antibacterial materials

ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 1087-1099

  Regiel Futyra, Anna ^a   Kus Lis̈kiewicz, Małgorzata ^b   Sebastian, Victor ^c,d   Irusta, Silvia ^c,d   Arruebo, Manuel ^c,d   Stochel, Grazyna ^a   Kyzioł, Agnieszka ^a  

^a JAGIELLONIAN UNIVERSITY   (Poland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF RZESZÓW   (Poland)

^c Instituto de Ciencia de Materiales de Aragón   (Spain)

^d BIOMATERIALES Y NANOMEDICINA CIBER BBN   (Spain)

Author keywords

Antibacterial activity; Biocompatibility; Chitosan; Composites; Gold nanoparticles

Indexed keywords

ACETYLATION; BACTERIA; BIOCOMPATIBILITY; BIODEGRADABLE POLYMERS; CHARACTERIZATION; CHITIN; CHITOSAN; COMPOSITE MATERIALS; CYTOTOXICITY; FIBER OPTIC SENSORS; GOLD; MAMMALS; METAL NANOPARTICLES; MICROORGANISMS; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; NANOCOMPOSITES; NANOPARTICLES; SYNTHESIS (CHEMICAL);

ANTI-BACTERIAL ACTIVITY; ANTIBACTERIAL MATERIALS; ANTIMICROBIAL COATINGS; AVERAGE MOLECULAR WEIGHT; GOLD NANOPARTICLES; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; SYNTHESIS AND CHARACTERIZATIONS;

NANOCOMPOSITE FILMS;

ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; CHITOSAN; DRUG CARRIER; GOLD; NANOCOMPOSITE;

CHEMISTRY; DEVICES; DRUG DELIVERY SYSTEM; DRUG EFFECTS; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; SYNTHESIS;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; CHITOSAN; DRUG CARRIERS; DRUG DELIVERY SYSTEMS; GOLD; NANOCOMPOSITES; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

EID: 84921482480     PISSN: 19448244     EISSN: 19448252     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/am508094e     Document Type: Article

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