Sodium alginate stabilized silver nanoparticles–silica nanohybrid and their antibacterial characteristics

Sadanand Pandey, James Ramontja

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Abstract

Due to the problem of resistance of many infectious agents to the usual treatments, this study addresses the ways of obtaining and using new sodium alginate stabilized-silver/mesoporous silica (Na-Alg-s-AgNPs@SiO2) nanohybrid as antimicrobial agents. Capping AgNPs with a shell of mesoporous SiO2 is a system to build the increase biocompatibility of AgNPs. In this work, we report a simple and green way to deal with setting up a uniform sodium alginate–stabilized silver nanoparticles embedded mesoporous silica (Na-Alg-s-AgNPs@SiO2 nanohybrid). The synthesized nanocomposite was characterized using transmission electron microscopy (TEM), Fourier transform infrared (FTIR) spectra, and ultraviolet-visible (UV–vis) absorption spectra, which exhibited that AgNPs with average of size of ∼7 nm were consistently and compactly deposited in the nanocomposite. The nanohybrid demonstrated excellent antibacterial activity against both Gram negative (−ve) and Gram positive (+ve) bacteria. Thus, the developed Na-Alg-s-AgNPs@SiO2 nanohybrid has a potential to be used for various antibacterial applications in biotechnology and biomedical fields.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)712-723
Number of pages12
JournalInternational Journal of Biological Macromolecules
Volume93
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 1 Dec 2016

Keywords

  • Antimicrobial activity
  • Bacteria
  • Biopolymer
  • Dispersity
  • Nanohybrid
  • Silver nanoparticles

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Structural Biology
  • Biochemistry
  • Molecular Biology
  • Economics and Econometrics
  • General Energy

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