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ArticleMaterials (Basel, Switzerland)2020

Wound Dressings Coated with Silver Nanoparticles and Essential Oils for The Management of Wound Infections.

Bogdan Stefan Vasile, Alexandra Catalina Birca, Mihaela Carmen Musat, Alina Maria Holban

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Article in Materials (Basel, Switzerland), 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 18 papers.

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18citing papers in PubMed
2.7field-weighted citation impact, top 9% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

18 citing papers in PubMed, 44 citations in OpenAlex.

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  16. An Updated Review on Silver Nanoparticles in Biomedicine.Nanomaterials (Basel, Switzerland) · 2020
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Bogdan Stefan VasileNational Research Center for Micro and Nanomaterials, University Politehnica of Bucharest, Splaiul Independenţei Street, No. 313, 060042 Bucharest, Romania.ORCID 0000-0002-2267-6453
Alexandra Catalina BircaNational Research Center for Micro and Nanomaterials, University Politehnica of Bucharest, Splaiul Independenţei Street, No. 313, 060042 Bucharest, Romania.
Mihaela Carmen MusatFaculty of Engineering in Foreign Language, University Politehnica of Bucharest, Romania, Splaiul Independenţei Street, No. 313, 060042 Bucharest, Romania.
Alina Maria HolbanDepartment of Microbiology and Immunology, Faculty of Biology, University of Bucharest, Aleea Portocalelor, No. 1‑3, 050663 Bucharest, Romania.
Universitatea Națională de Știință și Tehnologie Politehnica București · ROUniversity of Bucharest · RO

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Infection represents one of the major risk factors in persistent and difficult to treat wounds. This study focuses on developing antimicrobial wound dressings coated with silver nanoparticles, sodium alginate and different essential oils, to avoid wound infection and biofilm formation. The design of the wound dressings was done by the dip coating method. The characteristics of the developed materials were analysed by physicochemical (FT‑IR, XRD, SEM, TEM) and biological (antimicrobial tests) approaches. The results demonstrated uniform silver nanoparticle formation on the substrate, and the developed nanomodified dressings were proven to have increased antimicrobial and antibiofilm potential. The developed wound dressings based on silver nanoparticles, sodium alginate and essential oils have real potential in treating infections, and can be investigated as an efficient alternative to antibiotics and topical preparations for wound management.

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antimicrobialdip coatingessential oilssilver nanoparticles

Identifiers

PMID32260273
PMCPMC7178656
OpenAlexW3014999561

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