Issue 4, 2015
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Photochemical & Photobiological Sciences

Photochemical synthesis of biocompatible and antibacterial silver nanoparticles embedded within polyurethane polymers†

Sara Saez,a   Chiara Fasciani,a   Kevin G. Stamplecoskie,a   Luke Brian-Patrick Gagnon,b   Thien-Fah Mah,b   M. Luisa Marin,*ac   Emilio I. Alarcon*d  and  Juan C. Scaiano*a  

* Corresponding authors

a Department of Chemistry and Centre for Catalysis Research and Innovation, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
E-mail: scaiano@photo.chem.uottawa.ca, marmarin@qim.upv.es

b Department of Biochemistry, Microbiology and Immunology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Canada

c Instituto Universitario Mixto de Tecnología Química (UPV-CSIC), Universitat Politècnica de València, Avenida de los Naranjos s/n, 46022 Valencia, Spain

d Bio-Nanomaterials Chemistry and Engineering Laboratory, Division of Cardiac Surgery, University of Ottawa Heart Institute, 40 Ruskin street, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
E-mail: ealarcon@ottawaheart.ca

Abstract

In situ light initiated synthesis of silver nanoparticles (AgNP) was employed for AgNP incorporation within the polymeric matrices of medical grade polyurethane. The resulting materials showed improved antibacterial and antibiofilm activity against Pseudomonas aeruginosa with negligible toxicity for human primary skin cells and erythrocytes.

Graphical abstract: Photochemical synthesis of biocompatible and antibacterial silver nanoparticles embedded within polyurethane polymers

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DOI
https://doi.org/10.1039/C4PP00404C
Article type
Communication
Submitted
29 Oct 2014
Accepted
13 Jan 2015
First published
27 Jan 2015

Photochem. Photobiol. Sci., 2015,14, 661-664

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Photochemical synthesis of biocompatible and antibacterial silver nanoparticles embedded within polyurethane polymers

S. Saez, C. Fasciani, K. G. Stamplecoskie, L. B. Gagnon, T. Mah, M. L. Marin, E. I. Alarcon and J. C. Scaiano, Photochem. Photobiol. Sci., 2015, 14, 661 DOI: 10.1039/C4PP00404C

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