Three in-one fenestrated approaches of yolk-shell, silver-silica nanoparticles: A comparative study of antibacterial, antifungal and anti-cancerous applications.

ABSTRACT: Yolk-shell-based silica-coated silver nanoparticles are prominently used in the biomedical field aas well as bare silver nanoparticles for various biological applications. The present work narrates the synthesis and silica coating of metallic silver nanoparticles and investigates their antibacterial, antifungal, and anticancerous activity. Both synthesized nanoparticles were characterized by TEM, and SEM-EDX. The average size of silver nanoparticles was 50 nm, while after coating with silica, the average size of silica-coated silver nanoparticles was 80 nm. The nanoparticles' antibacterial, antifungal, and anticancer properties were comparatively examined in vitro. Agar well diffusion method was employed to explore the antibacterial activity against gram-positive bacteria (Bacill

SUBMITTER: Singh P 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10412894 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature