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| Title |
Synergistic influence of polyoxometalate surface corona towards enhancing the antibacterial performance of tyrosine-capped Ag nanoparticles
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| Published in |
Nanoscale, January 2014
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| DOI | 10.1039/c3nr03806h |
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| Authors |
Hemant K. Daima, P. R. Selvakannan, Ahmad E. Kandjani, Ravi Shukla, Suresh K. Bhargava, Vipul Bansal |
| Abstract |
We illustrate a new strategy to improve the antibacterial potential of silver nanoparticles (AgNPs) by their surface modification with the surface corona of biologically active polyoxometalates (POMs). The stable POM surface corona was achieved by utilising zwitterionic tyrosine amino acid as a pH-switchable reducing and capping agent of AgNPs. The general applicability of this approach was demonstrated by developing surface coronas of phosphotungstic acid (PTA) and phosphomolybdic acid (PMA) around AgNPs. Our investigations on Gram negative bacterium Escherichia coli demonstrate that in conjugation with AgNPs, the surface corona of POMs enhances the physical damage to the bacterial cells due to synergistic antibacterial action of AgNPs and POMs, and the ability of tyrosine-reduced AgNPs (AgNPs(Y)) to act as an excellent carrier and stabiliser for the POMs. The further extension of this study towards Gram positive bacterium Staphylococcus albus showed a similar toxicity pattern, whereas these nanomaterials were found to be biocompatible for PC3 epithelial mammalian cells, suggesting the potential of these materials towards specific antimicrobial targeting for topical wound healing applications. The outcomes of this work show that facile tailorability of nanostructured surfaces may play a considerable role in controlling the biological activities of different nanomaterials. |
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Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| India | 1 | 1% |
| Australia | 1 | 1% |
| Unknown | 84 | 98% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 18 | 21% |
| Researcher | 13 | 15% |
| Student > Master | 9 | 10% |
| Student > Bachelor | 8 | 9% |
| Student > Doctoral Student | 5 | 6% |
| Other | 16 | 19% |
| Unknown | 17 | 20% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Chemistry | 20 | 23% |
| Agricultural and Biological Sciences | 13 | 15% |
| Materials Science | 7 | 8% |
| Engineering | 5 | 6% |
| Chemical Engineering | 4 | 5% |
| Other | 11 | 13% |
| Unknown | 26 | 30% |
Attention Score in Context
This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 1. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 24 September 2013.
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