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| Title |
Development of antimicrobial biomaterials produced from chitin-nanofiber sheet/silver nanoparticle composites
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| Published in |
Journal of Nanobiotechnology, December 2014
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| DOI | 10.1186/s12951-014-0049-1 |
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| Authors |
Vinh Quang Nguyen, Masayuki Ishihara, Jun Kinoda, Hidemi Hattori, Shingo Nakamura, Takeshi Ono, Yasushi Miyahira, Takemi Matsui |
| Abstract |
BackgroundChitin nanofibers sheets (CNFSs) with nanoscale fiber-like surface structures are nontoxic and biodegradable biomaterials with large surface-to-mass ratio. CNFSs are widely applied as biomedical materials such as a functional wound dressing. This study aimed to develop antimicrobial biomaterials made up of CNFS-immobilized silver nanoparticles (CNFS/Ag NPs).Materials and methodsCNFSs were immersed in suspensions of Ag NPs (5.17¿±¿1.9 nm in diameter; mean¿±¿SD) for 30 min at room temperature to produce CNFS/Ag NPs. CNFS/Ag NPs were characterized by transmission electron microscopy (TEM) and then tested for antimicrobial activities against Escherichia (E.) coli, Pseudomonas (P.) aeruginosa, and H1N1 influenza A virus, three pathogens that represent the most widespread infectious bacteria and viruses. Ultrathin sectioning of bacterial cells also was carried out to observe the bactericidal mechanism of Ag NPs.ResultsThe TEM images indicated that the Ag NPs are dispersed and tightly adsorbed onto CNFSs. Although CNFSs alone have only weak antimicrobial activity, CNFS/Ag NPs showed much stronger antimicrobial properties against E. coli, P. aeruginosa, and influenza A virus, with the amount of immobilized Ag NPs onto CNFSs.ConclusionsOur results suggest that CNFS/Ag NPs interacting with those microbes exhibit stronger antimicrobial activities, and that it is possible to apply CNFS/Ag NPs as anti-virus sheets as well as anti-infectious wound dressings. |
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| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Unknown | 1 | 100% |
Demographic breakdown
| Type | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Members of the public | 1 | 100% |
Mendeley readers
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Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Slovenia | 1 | 1% |
| Unknown | 81 | 99% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
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| Student > Ph. D. Student | 20 | 24% |
| Student > Master | 11 | 13% |
| Researcher | 6 | 7% |
| Student > Doctoral Student | 5 | 6% |
| Professor > Associate Professor | 4 | 5% |
| Other | 13 | 16% |
| Unknown | 23 | 28% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
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| Agricultural and Biological Sciences | 13 | 16% |
| Materials Science | 10 | 12% |
| Chemistry | 9 | 11% |
| Engineering | 5 | 6% |
| Chemical Engineering | 5 | 6% |
| Other | 11 | 13% |
| Unknown | 29 | 35% |
Attention Score in Context
This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 1. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 04 December 2014.
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