Antimicrobial Activity of Hybrid Nanomaterials Based on Star and Linear Polymers of N,N'-Dimethylaminoethyl Methacrylate with In Situ Produced Silver Nanoparticles.

ABSTRACT: Well-defined linear and multi-arm star polymer structures were used as the templates for in situ synthesis and stabilization of silver nanoparticles (AgNPs). This approach led to hybrid nanomaterials with high stability and antibacterial activity to both Gram-positive and Gram-negative bacterial strains. The ecologically friendly so called "green" synthesis of nanomaterials was performed through AgNPs preparation in the aqueous solutions of star and linear poly(N,N'-dimethylaminoethyl methacrylate)s (PDMAEMAs); the process was followed with time. The size, shape, and zeta potential of the obtained hybrids were determined. To our knowledge, this is the first time that the antibacterial activity of PDMAEMA hybrid nanomaterial against Bacillus subtilis, Escherichia coli and Pseudomonas aerugi

SUBMITTER: Teper P 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7372353 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature