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ArticlePolymers2018

Polyaspartamide Functionalized Catechol-Based Hydrogels Embedded with Silver Nanoparticles for Antimicrobial Properties.

Milène Tan, Youngjin Choi, Jaeyun Kim, Ji-Heung Kim, Katharina M Fromm

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Article in Polymers, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

1 citing paper in PubMed.

  1. Catechol-Based Antimicrobial Polymers.Molecules (Basel, Switzerland) · 2021
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors.

Milène TanDepartment of Chemistry, University of Fribourg, Chemin du Musée, 9, 1700 Fribourg, Switzerland. Milene.tan@unifr.ch.ORCID 0000-0003-4398-3409
Youngjin ChoiSchool of Chemical Engineering, Sungkyunkwan University, Suwon 440-746, Korea. mang9z24@gmail.com.
Jaeyun KimSchool of Chemical Engineering, Sungkyunkwan University, Suwon 440-746, Korea. kimjaeyun@skku.edu.ORCID 0000-0002-4687-6732
Ji-Heung KimSchool of Chemical Engineering, Sungkyunkwan University, Suwon 440-746, Korea. kimjh@skku.edu.ORCID 0000-0002-7767-6952
Katharina M FrommDepartment of Chemistry, University of Fribourg, Chemin du Musée, 9, 1700 Fribourg, Switzerland. katharina.fromm@unifr.ch.

Funding

Schweizerischer Nationalfonds zur Förderung der Wissenschaftlichen Forschung 152777
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

In this study, polyaspartamide-based hydrogels were synthesized by boron-catechol coordination followed by incorporation of AgNPs into the materials. Free catechol moieties were exploited to produce AgNPs. TEM analyses displayed AgNPs of less than 20 nm in diameter and with minimum aggregation, attesting the role of hydrogels to act as an efficient template for the production of dispersed particles. XRD analyses confirmed the mean particle size using the Scherrer equation. Release kinetic studies were performed in DMEM medium, showing a slow release over a long time-period. Finally, the MIC and MBC were determined, demonstrating a bacteriostatic and bactericidal effect against Gram-positive

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antimicrobialcatecholhydrogelpolyaspartamidesilver

Identifiers

PMID30961113
PMCPMC6290624

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