Issue 11, 2017
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Polymer Chemistry

Direct plasma synthesis of nano-capsules loaded with antibiotics†

C. Lo Porto, ORCID logo a   F. Palumbo, ORCID logo *b   G. Palazzo ORCID logo a  and  P. Favia*bc  

* Corresponding authors

a Department of Chemistry, University of Bari “Aldo Moro”, Via Orabona 4, 70126 Bari, Italy

b Institute of Nanotechnology, National Research Council of Italy, c/o Department of Chemistry, University of Bari “Aldo Moro”, Via Orabona 4, 70126 Bari, Italy
E-mail: fabio.palumbo@cnr.it, pietro.favia@uniba.it

c Department of Biosciences, Biotechnologies and Biopharmaceutics, University of Bari “Aldo Moro”, Via Orabona 4, 70126 Bari, Italy

Abstract

We report the first observation of a plasma assisted, one-step deposition of nanometric capsules. The deposited spherical structures contain vancomycin and can be prepared by means of an aerosol-assisted atmospheric pressure Dielectric Barrier Discharge (DBD) reactor. The core–shell structure of the nano-capsules is clearly attested by scanning electron and confocal microscopy.

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DOI
https://doi.org/10.1039/C7PY00103G
Article type
Communication
Submitted
18 Jan 2017
Accepted
09 Feb 2017
First published
10 Feb 2017

Polym. Chem., 2017,8, 1746-1749

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Direct plasma synthesis of nano-capsules loaded with antibiotics

C. Lo Porto, F. Palumbo, G. Palazzo and P. Favia, Polym. Chem., 2017, 8, 1746 DOI: 10.1039/C7PY00103G

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