Single-stage in situ synthesis of silver nanoparticles in antibacterial self-assembled overlays

In this work, a novel single-stage process for in situ synthesis of Ag nanoparticles (NPs) using the layer-bylayer (LbL) technique is presented. The Ag NPs were formed into nanotextured coatings based on sequentially adsorbed poly(allylamine hydrochloride) (PAH) and SiO2 NPs. Such highly porous surf...

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Autores: Urrutia Azcona, Aitor, Rivero Fuente, Pedro J., Ruete Ibarrola, Leyre, Goicoechea Fernández, Javier, Matías Maestro, Ignacio, Arregui San Martín, Francisco Javier
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión aceptada para publicación
Fecha de publicación:2012
País:España
Institución:Universidad Pública de Navarra
Repositorio:Academica-e. Repositorio Institucional de la Universidad Pública de Navarra
OAI Identifier:oai:academica-e.unavarra.es:2454/50621
Acceso en línea:https://hdl.handle.net/2454/50621
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Antibacterial
Coating
Layer-by-layer (LbL) films
Silver nanoparticles
In situ synthesis
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Sumario:In this work, a novel single-stage process for in situ synthesis of Ag nanoparticles (NPs) using the layer-bylayer (LbL) technique is presented. The Ag NPs were formed into nanotextured coatings based on sequentially adsorbed poly(allylamine hydrochloride) (PAH) and SiO2 NPs. Such highly porous surfaces have been used in the fabrication of highly efficient ion release films for applications such as antibacterial coatings. In this approach, the amino groups of the PAH acted as reducing agent and made possible the in situ formation of the Ag NPs. This reduction reaction occurred during the LbL process as the coating was assembled, without any further step after the fabrication and stabilization of the multilayer film. Biamminesilver nitrate was used as the Ag+ ion source during the LbL process and it was successfully reduced to Ag NPs. All coatings were tested with gram-positive and gram-negative bacterial cultures of Escherichia coli, Staphylococcus aureus, and Lactobacillus delbrueckii showing an excellent antimicrobial behavior against these types of bacteria (more than 99.9% of killing efficiency in all cases).