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Manufacture and Drug Delivery Applications of Silk Nanoparticles
Published on: October 8, 2016
Green Procedure to Manufacture Nanoparticle-Decorated Paper Substrates
Werner Schlemmer1, Wolfgang Fischer2, Armin Zankel3
1Institute of Paper-, Pulp- and Fibre Technology (IPZ), Graz University of Technology, Inffeldgasse 23, 8010 Graz, Austria. werner.schlemmer@gmx.at.
Abstract:
For this study, a paper impregnated with silver nanoparticles (AgNPs) was prepared. To prepare the substrates, aqueous suspensions of pulp fines, a side product from the paper production, were mixed with AgNP suspensions. The nanoparticle (NP) synthesis was then carried out via laser ablation of pure Ag in water. After the sheet formation process, the leaching of the AgNPs was determined to be low while the sheets exhibited antimicrobial activity toward Escherichia coli (E. coli).
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