Hurt, Andrew P., Vine, George J., Booth, Samantha E. and Coleman, Nichola J. (2012) Preparation and antibacterial properties of Ag+-Exchanged Tobermorite-Chitosan films. International Scholarly and Scientific Research & Innovation. International Science Index, 6 (12):210. pp. 1178-1181.

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Abstract

Silver-exchanged zeolites and clays are used in polymer composites to confer broad-spectrum antimicrobial properties on a range of functional materials. Tobermorite is a layer lattice mineral whose potential as a carrier for Ag+ ions in antibacterial composites has not yet been investigated. Accordingly, in this study, synthetic tobermorite was ion-exchanged with 10 wt% silver ions and the resulting material was incorporated into a composite film with chitosan. Chitosan is a biocompatible, biodegradable derivative of chitin, a polysaccharide obtained from the shells of crustaceans. The solvent-cast Ag+-exchanged tobermorite-chitosan films were found to exhibit antimicrobial action against Staphylococcus aureus, Escherichia coli and Pseudomonas aeruginosa.

Item Type:	Article
Additional Information:	[1] This is an Open Access article published under CC-BY licence.
Uncontrolled Keywords:	Antimicrobial, chitosan, silver, tobermorite
Subjects:	Q Science > QD Chemistry R Medicine > RS Pharmacy and materia medica
Faculty / School / Research Centre / Research Group:	Faculty of Engineering & Science Faculty of Engineering & Science > School of Science (SCI)
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Last Modified:	17 Oct 2016 09:12
URI:	http://gala.gre.ac.uk/id/eprint/11792

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