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ArticleNanomaterials (Basel, Switzerland)2020

Polymer-Based Graphene Derivatives and Microwave-Assisted Silver Nanoparticles Decoration as a Potential Antibacterial Agent.

Angelo Nicosia, Fabiana Vento, Anna Lucia Pellegrino, Vaclav Ranc, Anna Piperno, Antonino Mazzaglia, Placido Mineo

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Article in Nanomaterials (Basel, Switzerland), 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 10 papers.

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3 · Its place in the literature

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10 citing papers in PubMed.

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  7. Nanotechnology: A Potential Weapon to Fight against COVID-19.Particle & particle systems characterization : measurement and description of particle properties and behavior in powders and other disperse systems · 2022
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

7 authors.

Angelo NicosiaDepartment of Chemical Sciences, University of Catania, V.le A. Doria 6, 95125 Catania, Italy.ORCID 0000-0003-0802-7358
Fabiana VentoDepartment of Chemical Sciences, University of Catania, V.le A. Doria 6, 95125 Catania, Italy.
Anna Lucia PellegrinoDepartment of Chemical Sciences, University of Catania, V.le A. Doria 6, 95125 Catania, Italy.ORCID 0000-0001-5382-8205
Vaclav RancRegional Centre of Advanced Technologies and Materials, Palacký University Olomouc, Šlechtitelů 11, 78371 Olomouc, Czech Republic.ORCID 0000-0001-5867-855X
Anna PipernoDepartment of Chemical, Biological, Pharmaceutical and Environmental Sciences, University of Messina, V.le F. Stagno d'Alcontres 31, 98166 Messina, Italy.ORCID 0000-0001-6004-5196
Antonino MazzagliaCNR-ISMN, Istituto per lo Studio dei Materiali Nanostrutturati, V. le F. Stagno d'Alcontres 31, 98166 Messina, Italy.ORCID 0000-0002-3140-5655
Placido MineoDepartment of Chemical Sciences, University of Catania, V.le A. Doria 6, 95125 Catania, Italy.ORCID 0000-0003-3382-9272

Funding

Ministero dell'Istruzione, dell'Università e della Ricerca (MIUR) PRIN Prot. 2017YJMPZN-005 2017YJMPZN-005Università di Catania PIAno di inCEntivi per la RIcerca di Ateneo, PIACERI - Linea 2
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Nanocomposites obtained by the decoration of graphene-based materials with silver nanoparticles (AgNPs) have received increasing attention owing to their antimicrobial activity. However, the complex synthetic methods for their preparation have limited practical applications. This study aims to synthesize novel NanoHybrid Systems based on graphene, polymer, and AgNPs (namely, NanoHy-GPS) through an easy microwave irradiation approach free of reductants and surfactants. The polymer plays a crucial role, as it assures the coating layer/substrate compatibility making the platform easily adaptable for a specific substrate. AgNPs' loading (from 5% to 87%) can be tuned by the amount of Silver salt used during the microwave-assisted reaction, obtaining spherical AgNPs with average sizes of 5-12 nm homogeneously distributed on a polymer-graphene nanosystem. Interestingly, microwave irradiation partially restored the graphene sp

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antibacterial nanosystemsgraphene oxideNanoHy-GPSone-pot microwave-assisted reactionpolyvinyl alcoholsilver nanoparticles

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PMID33207792
PMCPMC7697993

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