Macromolecular systems and nanocomposites based on N-succinylchitosan and silver nanoparticles


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Abstract

A water-soluble chitosan derivative, namely, N-succinylchitosan (NS-Chit), was used as a matrix for the formation of silver nanoparticles (AgNP) by metal ion re duction under influence of microwave irradiation in the presence of D-glucose as a reducing agent. The electron plasmon resonance spectra (λmax = 410 nm) obtained for the irradiated solutions were typical of spherical silver nanoparticles. The in vitro tests confirmed a high bactericidal activity of the colloidal solution containing AgNP in a NS-Chit polymer matrix against strains of grampositive bacteria, namely, Bacillus subtillus (ATCC 6633), B. coagulans (429), and Staphylococcus aureus (ATCC 21027).

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V. A. Alexandrova

A. V. Topchiev Institute of Petrochemical Synthesis, Russian Academy of Sciences

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Email: alexandrova@ips.ac.ru
Russian Federation, 29 Leninsky prosp., Moscow, Russian Federation, 119991

A. A. Revina

A. N. Frumkin Institute of Physical Chemistry and Electrochemistry, Russian Academy of Sciences

Email: alexandrova@ips.ac.ru
Russian Federation, Build. 4, 31 Leninsky prosp., Moscow, Russian Federation, 119991

S. A. Busev

A. N. Frumkin Institute of Physical Chemistry and Electrochemistry, Russian Academy of Sciences

Email: alexandrova@ips.ac.ru
Russian Federation, Build. 4, 31 Leninsky prosp., Moscow, Russian Federation, 119991

V. S. Sadykova

G. F. Gause Research Institute of New Antibiotics and Technology

Email: alexandrova@ips.ac.ru
Russian Federation, Build. 1, 11 ul. Bol’shaya Pirogovskaya, Moscow, Russian Federation, 119021


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