Article Id:JPRS-PB-0000689 Title:Fabrication of porous chitosan/silver nanocomposite film and its bactericidal efficacy against multi-drug resistant (MDR) clinical isolates Category:Pharmaceutical Biotechnology Section:Research Article
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Multi-drug resistant (MDR) clinical isolates were used to test the bactericidal efficacy of the newly synthesized porous chitosan/silvernanocomposite film. The synthesized composite was characterized by using UVeVis, FTIR, XRD and HRSEM analysis. The SEM images illustrate the presence of embedded silver nanoparticles (20e50 nm) throughout the films. Moreover, the presence of a small quantity of metal nanoparticles in the composite was enough to significantly enhance inactivation of MDR pathogens as compared with unaltered chitosan.
Shivika Das a, Merina Paul Das b, Jayabrata Das a,*
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a Department of Biotechnology, School of Bioengineering, SRM University, Kattankulathur, Chennai 600073, India b Department of Industrial Biotechnology, Bharath University, Chennai 600073, India