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ReviewNanomedicine (London, England)2023

Optical, structural and antibacterial properties of silver nanoparticles and DNA-templated silver nanoclusters.

Leyla Danai, Lewis A Rolband, Valentina Abondano Perdomo, Elizabeth Skelly, Taejin Kim, Kirill A Afonin

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Review in Nanomedicine (London, England), 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 13 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

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

13 citing papers in PubMed.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors.

Leyla DanaiDepartment of Chemistry, Nanoscale Science Program, The University of North Carolina at Charlotte, Charlotte, NC 28223, USA.
Lewis A RolbandDepartment of Chemistry, Nanoscale Science Program, The University of North Carolina at Charlotte, Charlotte, NC 28223, USA.
Valentina Abondano PerdomoPhysical Sciences Department, West Virginia University Institute of Technology, Beckley, WV 25801, USA.
Elizabeth SkellyDepartment of Chemistry, Nanoscale Science Program, The University of North Carolina at Charlotte, Charlotte, NC 28223, USA.
Taejin KimPhysical Sciences Department, West Virginia University Institute of Technology, Beckley, WV 25801, USA.
Kirill A AfoninDepartment of Chemistry, Nanoscale Science Program, The University of North Carolina at Charlotte, Charlotte, NC 28223, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-6917-3183

Funding

SMART NANPs: new molecular platform for communication with human immune system and modulation of therapeutic responsesR35GM139587 · NIGMS · UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA CHARLOTTE · PI AFONIN, KIRILL A · 2021 to 2025
$1.8M
NIGMS NIH HHS R35 GM139587NIGMS NIH HHS R35GM139587
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Silver nanoparticles (AgNPs) are increasingly considered for biomedical applications as drug-delivery carriers, imaging probes and antibacterial agents. Silver nanoclusters (AgNCs) represent another subclass of nanoscale silver. AgNCs are a promising tool for nanomedicine due to their small size, structural homogeneity, antibacterial activity and fluorescence, which arises from their molecule-like electron configurations. The template-assisted synthesis of AgNCs relies on organic molecules that act as polydentate ligands. In particular, single-stranded nucleic acids reproducibly scaffold AgNCs to provide fluorescent, biocompatible materials that are incorporable in other formulations. This mini review outlines the design and characterization of AgNPs and DNA-templated AgNCs, discusses factors that affect their physicochemical and biological properties, and highlights applications of these materials as antibacterial agents and biosensors.

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Biosensing TechniquesMetal NanoparticlesNucleic AcidsAnti-Bacterial AgentsDNADrug CarriersSilverAnti-Bacterial AgentsDNADrug CarriersNucleic AcidsSilverantibacterialbiosensorsDNAnanoscale silversilver nanoclusterssilver nanoparticles

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PMID37345552
PMCPMC10308257

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