Can Differently Stabilized Silver Nanoparticles Modify Calcium Phosphate Precipitation?

ABSTRACT: Calcium phosphates (CaPs) composites with silver nanoparticles (AgNPs) attract attention as a possible alternative to conventional approaches to combating orthopedic implant-associated infections. Although precipitation of calcium phosphates at room temperatures was pointed out as an advantageous method for the preparation of various CaP-based biomaterials, to the best of our knowledge, no such study exists for the preparation of CaPs/AgNP composites. Motivated by this lack of data in this study we investigated the influence of AgNPs stabilized with citrate (cit-AgNPs), poly(vinylpyrrolidone) (PVP-AgNPs), and sodium bis(2-ethylhexyl) sulfosuccinate (AOT-AgNPs) in the concentration range 5-25 mg dm^-3 on the precipitation of CaPs. The first solid phase to precipitate in the invest

SUBMITTER: Inkret S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10003846 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature