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ArticleInternational journal of molecular sciences2025

Copper Nanoparticles Synthesized by Chemical Reduction with Medical Applications.

Alexandra Pricop, Adina Negrea, Bogdan Pascu, Nicoleta Sorina Nemeş, Mihaela Ciopec, Petru Negrea, Cătălin Ianăşi, Paula Svera, Delia Muntean, Alexandra Ivan and 1 more

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Article in International journal of molecular sciences, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 9 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

9 citing papers in PubMed.

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  9. Engineering copper and copper-based materials for a post-antibiotic era.Frontiers in bioengineering and biotechnology · 2025
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

11 authors.

Alexandra PricopFaculty of Chemical Engineering, Biotechnologies and Environmental Protection, Politehnica University Timişoara, Victoriei Square, no. 2, 300006 Timişoara, Romania.
Adina NegreaFaculty of Chemical Engineering, Biotechnologies and Environmental Protection, Politehnica University Timişoara, Victoriei Square, no. 2, 300006 Timişoara, Romania.ORCID 0000-0001-7572-3703
Bogdan PascuResearch Institute for Renewable Energies-ICER, Politehnica University Timişoara, Gavril Musicescu Street, no. 138, 300774 Timisoara, Romania.
Nicoleta Sorina NemeşResearch Institute for Renewable Energies-ICER, Politehnica University Timişoara, Gavril Musicescu Street, no. 138, 300774 Timisoara, Romania.ORCID 0000-0003-2532-2893
Mihaela CiopecFaculty of Chemical Engineering, Biotechnologies and Environmental Protection, Politehnica University Timişoara, Victoriei Square, no. 2, 300006 Timişoara, Romania.
Petru NegreaFaculty of Chemical Engineering, Biotechnologies and Environmental Protection, Politehnica University Timişoara, Victoriei Square, no. 2, 300006 Timişoara, Romania.
Cătălin IanăşiCoriolan Drăgulescu' Institute of Chemistry, Bv. Mihai Viteazul, No. 24, 300223 Timisoara, Romania.ORCID 0000-0002-5137-8164
Paula SveraINCEMC-National Institute for Research and Development in Electrochemistry and Condensed Matter-Timisoara, No. 144 Dr. A. Paunescu Podeanu Street, 300569 Timisoara, Romania.ORCID 0000-0003-3128-1637
Delia MunteanMultidisciplinary Research Centre on Antimicrobial Resistance, Department of Microbiology, University of Medicine and Pharmacy "Victor Babes", Eftimie Murgu Sq. No. 2, 300041 Timişoara, Romania.ORCID 0000-0001-9100-4530
Alexandra IvanCenter of Immuno-Physiology and Biotechnologies (CIFBIOTEH), University of Medicine and Pharmacy "Victor Babes", Eftimie Murgu Sq. No. 2, 300041 Timisoara, Romania.
Iustina Mirabela CristeaOncoGen Centre, Clinical County Hospital "Pius Branzeu", Blvd. Liviu Rebreanu 156, 300723 Timisoara, Romania.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Copper nanoparticles (CuNPs) have attracted attention due to their low cost and high specific surface area. In this work, a simple and inexpensive two-step synthesis method was proposed to prepare highly stable and well-dispersed spherical CuNPs in solution with a particle size of approximately 37 nm. Synthesis of CuNPs was carried on in the presence of complexing agent trisodium citrate (TSC), while for the chemical reduction step, sodium borohydride (NaBH

Indexed as

Anti-Bacterial AgentsCopperMetal NanoparticlesBorohydridesCitratesHumansOxidation-ReductionParticle SizeAnti-Bacterial AgentsBorohydridesCitratesCoppertrisodium citrateantibacterial activitychemical reductioncopper nanoparticlescytotoxicity effect

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PMID40004090
PMCPMC11855514

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