Impact of solution chemistry on the properties and bactericidal activity of silver nanoparticles decorated on superabsorbent cryogels

Journal of Colloid and Interface Science

Volumn 461, Issue , 2016, Pages 104-113

  Loo, Siew Leng ^a,b   Krantz, William B ^b,c   Hu, Xiao ^b,d   Fane, Anthony G ^a,b   Lim, Teik Thye ^a,b  

^a NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

^b NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

^c University of Colorado at Boulder   (United States)

^d NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Composite; Disinfection; Dissolution; E. coli; Environmental matrix; Hydrogel; Silver

Indexed keywords

BACTERICIDES; BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS; COMPOSITE MATERIALS; DISINFECTION; DISSOLUTION; ELECTROLYTES; ESCHERICHIA COLI; HYDROGELS; METAL NANOPARTICLES; NANOPARTICLES; PARTICLE SIZE;

BACTERICIDAL ACTIVITY; DISSOLVED ORGANIC MATTERS; E. COLI; ENVIRONMENTAL MATRIXES; MORPHOLOGICAL TRANSFORMATIONS; PHYSICOCHEMICAL PROPERTY; SILVER NANOPARTICLES; SILVER NANOPARTICLES (AGNPS);

SILVER;

DISSOLVED ORGANIC MATTER; ELECTROLYTE; SILVER NANOPARTICLE; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; CRYOGEL; METAL NANOPARTICLE; SILVER; SOLUTION AND SOLUBILITY;

ARTICLE; BACTERICIDAL ACTIVITY; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYOGEL; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG RELEASE; DRUG STRUCTURE; DRUG TRANSFORMATION; NONHUMAN; PARTICLE SIZE; PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ADSORPTION; CHEMISTRY; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG EFFECTS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TEST; PHARMACOLOGY; SOLUTION AND SOLUBILITY; STRUCTURE ACTIVITY RELATION; SURFACE PROPERTY;

ADSORPTION; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; CRYOGELS; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; ESCHERICHIA COLI; METAL NANOPARTICLES; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; PARTICLE SIZE; SILVER; SOLUTIONS; STRUCTURE-ACTIVITY RELATIONSHIP; SURFACE PROPERTIES;

EID: 84941985358     PISSN: 00219797     EISSN: 10957103     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcis.2015.09.007     Document Type: Article

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