An environmentally benign antimicrobial nanoparticle based on a silver-infused lignin core

Nature Nanotechnology

Volumn 10, Issue 9, 2015, Pages 817-823

  Richter, Alexander P ^a   Brown, Joseph S ^a   Bharti, Bhuvnesh ^a   Wang, Amy ^b   Gangwal, Sumit ^b   Houck, Keith ^b   Cohen Hubal, Elaine A ^b   Paunov, Vesselin N ^c   Stoyanov, Simeon D ^d,e   Velev, Orlin D ^a  

^a North Carolina State University   (United States)

^b U S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HULL   (United Kingdom)

^d WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^e UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOACTIVITY; CYTOLOGY; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; ESCHERICHIA COLI; LIGNIN; METAL IONS; METAL NANOPARTICLES; POLYELECTROLYTES; SILVER COMPOUNDS; SYNTHESIS (CHEMICAL);

ANTI-MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; ANTIBACTERIAL PROPERTIES; CATIONIC POLYELECTROLYTE; ENVIRONMENTALLY BENIGN; POLYELECTROLYTE LAYERS; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; QUATERNARY AMINES; SILVER NITRATE SOLUTIONS;

SILVER NANOPARTICLES;

LIGNIN; POLYELECTROLYTE; POLYETHYLENEIMINE; SILVER NANOPARTICLE; SILVER NITRATE; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; NANOPARTICLE; SILVER;

ADSORPTION; ANTIMICROBIAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL MEMBRANE; BIOLOGICAL ACTIVITY; CELL ADHESION; CELL DIVISION; COLONY FORMING UNIT; CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DESORPTION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; HIGH THROUGHPUT SCREENING; HYDRODYNAMICS; NONHUMAN; PH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; RALSTONIA; SURFACE AREA; SURFACE CHARGE; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ZETA POTENTIAL; ANIMAL; ANIMAL EMBRYO; BACTERIAL COUNT; BACTERIUM; CELL LINE; CELL SURVIVAL; CHEMISTRY; DRUG EFFECTS; HUMAN; MICROBIAL VIABILITY; RAT; ZEBRA FISH;

ANIMALS; ANTI-INFECTIVE AGENTS; BACTERIA; CELL LINE; CELL SURVIVAL; COLONY COUNT, MICROBIAL; EMBRYO, NONMAMMALIAN; HIGH-THROUGHPUT SCREENING ASSAYS; HUMANS; LIGNIN; MICROBIAL VIABILITY; NANOPARTICLES; RATS; SILVER; ZEBRAFISH;

EID: 84941042177     PISSN: 17483387     EISSN: 17483395     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nnano.2015.141     Document Type: Article

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