Enhanced Antibacterial Activity through Silver Nanoparticles Deposited onto Carboxylated Graphene Oxide Surface
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Materials and Methods
2.1. Materials
2.2. GO Synthesis
2.3. GO-COOH Synthesis
2.4. GO-Ag and GOCOOH-Ag Nanocomposites Synthesis
2.5. Characterization
2.6. Antibacterial Activity
3. Results and Discussion
3.1. Characterization of Materials
3.2. Antibacterial Activity
4. Conclusions
Supplementary Materials
Author Contributions
Funding
Institutional Review Board Statement
Informed Consent Statement
Data Availability Statement
Acknowledgments
Conflicts of Interest
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Species | Strains | GO-Ag | GOCOOH-Ag | ||||
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MIC | MBC | MIC | MBC | ||||
24 h | 48 h | 48 h | 24 h | 48 h | 48 h | ||
S. aureus | ATCC 25423 | 16.46 | 16.46 | 65.85 | 6.33 | 12.66 | 25.31 |
S. aureus | V329 | 16.46 | 16.46 | 65.85 | 3.16 | 12.66 | 25.31 |
S. epidermidis | ATCC32984 | 16.46 | 32.92 | 65.85 | 6.33 | 12.66 | 25.31 |
S. epidermidis | RP62A | 32.92 | 32.92 | 65.85 | 12.66 | 12.66 | 50.62 |
P. aeruginosa | PFQ2 | 32.92 | 32.92 | 65.85 | 6.33 | 12.66 | 12.66 |
E. coli | ATCC25922 | 16.46 | 32.92 | 65.85 | 12.66 | 12.66 | 12.66 |
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Barjola, A.; Tormo-Mas, M.Á.; Sahuquillo, O.; Bernabé-Quispe, P.; Pérez, J.M.; Giménez, E. Enhanced Antibacterial Activity through Silver Nanoparticles Deposited onto Carboxylated Graphene Oxide Surface. Nanomaterials 2022, 12, 1949. https://doi.org/10.3390/nano12121949
Barjola A, Tormo-Mas MÁ, Sahuquillo O, Bernabé-Quispe P, Pérez JM, Giménez E. Enhanced Antibacterial Activity through Silver Nanoparticles Deposited onto Carboxylated Graphene Oxide Surface. Nanomaterials. 2022; 12(12):1949. https://doi.org/10.3390/nano12121949
Chicago/Turabian StyleBarjola, Arturo, María Ángeles Tormo-Mas, Oscar Sahuquillo, Patricia Bernabé-Quispe, José Manuel Pérez, and Enrique Giménez. 2022. "Enhanced Antibacterial Activity through Silver Nanoparticles Deposited onto Carboxylated Graphene Oxide Surface" Nanomaterials 12, no. 12: 1949. https://doi.org/10.3390/nano12121949