Thiol-Capped Gold Nanoparticles Swell-Encapsulated into Polyurethane as Powerful Antibacterial Surfaces under Dark and Light Conditions

Scientific Reports

Volumn 6, Issue , 2016, Pages

  MacDonald, Thomas J ^a   Wu, Ke ^a   Sehmi, Sandeep K ^a   Noimark, Sacha ^a   Peveler, William J ^a   Du Toit, Hendrik ^a   Voelcker, Nicolas H ^b   Allan, Elaine ^c   MacRobert, Alexander J ^d   Gavriilidis, Asterios ^a   Parkin, Ivan P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; CRYSTAL VIOLET; GOLD; METAL NANOPARTICLE; POLYURETHAN; THIOL DERIVATIVE;

CHEMISTRY; DRUG EFFECT; GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIUM; GRAM POSITIVE BACTERIUM; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TEST; PARTICLE SIZE; PHOTOELECTRON SPECTROSCOPY; SURFACE PROPERTY; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ULTRAVIOLET SPECTROPHOTOMETRY;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; GENTIAN VIOLET; GOLD; GRAM-NEGATIVE BACTERIA; GRAM-POSITIVE BACTERIA; METAL NANOPARTICLES; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, TRANSMISSION; PARTICLE SIZE; PHOTOELECTRON SPECTROSCOPY; POLYURETHANES; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY, ULTRAVIOLET; SULFHYDRYL COMPOUNDS; SURFACE PROPERTIES;

EID: 85006381828     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20452322     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/srep39272     Document Type: Article

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