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ArticleBeilstein journal of nanotechnology2014

Antimicrobial nanospheres thin coatings prepared by advanced pulsed laser technique.

Alina Maria Holban, Valentina Grumezescu, Alexandru Mihai Grumezescu, Bogdan Ştefan Vasile, Roxana Truşcă, Rodica Cristescu, Gabriel Socol, Florin Iordache

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Article in Beilstein journal of nanotechnology, 2014. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 12 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

12 citing papers in PubMed.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

8 authors.

Alina Maria HolbanUniversity of Bucharest, Faculty of Biology, Microbiology Department, Aleea Portocalelor no 1-3, 060101 Bucharest, Romania.
Valentina GrumezescuUniversity Politehnica of Bucharest, Faculty of Applied Chemistry and Materials Science, Department of Science and Engineering of Oxide Materials and Nanomaterials, Polizu Street no 1-7, 011061 Bucharest, Romania ; National Institute for Lasers, Plasma & Radiation Physics, Lasers Department, P.O.Box MG-36, Bucharest-Magurele, Romania.
Alexandru Mihai GrumezescuUniversity Politehnica of Bucharest, Faculty of Applied Chemistry and Materials Science, Department of Science and Engineering of Oxide Materials and Nanomaterials, Polizu Street no 1-7, 011061 Bucharest, Romania.
Bogdan Ştefan VasileUniversity Politehnica of Bucharest, Faculty of Applied Chemistry and Materials Science, Department of Science and Engineering of Oxide Materials and Nanomaterials, Polizu Street no 1-7, 011061 Bucharest, Romania.
Roxana TruşcăS.C. Metav-CD S.A., 31 Rosetti Str., 020015 Bucharest, Romania.
Rodica CristescuNational Institute for Lasers, Plasma & Radiation Physics, Lasers Department, P.O.Box MG-36, Bucharest-Magurele, Romania.
Gabriel SocolNational Institute for Lasers, Plasma & Radiation Physics, Lasers Department, P.O.Box MG-36, Bucharest-Magurele, Romania.
Florin IordacheFlow Cytometry and Cell Therapy Laboratory, Institute of Cellular Biology and Pathology "Nicolae Simionescu" (ICBP), Bucharest, Romania.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

We report on the fabrication of thin coatings based on polylactic acid-chitosan-magnetite-eugenol (PLA-CS-Fe3O4@EUG) nanospheres by matrix assisted pulsed laser evaporation (MAPLE). Transmission electron microscopy (TEM) and scanning electron microscopy (SEM) investigation proved that the homogenous Fe3O4@EUG nanoparticles have an average diameter of about 7 nm, while the PLA-CS-Fe3O4@EUG nanospheres diameter sizes range between 20 and 80 nm. These MAPLE-deposited coatings acted as bioactive nanosystems and exhibited a great antimicrobial effect by impairing the adherence and biofilm formation of Staphylococcus aureus (S. aureus) and Pseudomonas aeruginosa (P. aeruginosa) bacteria strains. Moreover, the obtained nano-coatings showed a good biocompatibility and facilitated the normal development of human endothelial cells. These nanosystems may be used as efficient alternatives in treating and preventing bacterial infections.

Indexed as

antimicrobialchitosanmagnetite nanoparticlesnanospheresP. aeruginosapolylactic acidS. aureus

Identifiers

PMID24991524
PMCPMC4077416

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