Facile approach for the development of burly starch- silver hydrogel nanocomposites for antimicrobial applications

dc.contributor.author	L R, Reshma
dc.contributor.author	J D, Sudha
dc.contributor.author	K N, Rohini
dc.date.accessioned	2016-06-21T05:55:39Z
dc.date.available	2016-06-21T05:55:39Z
dc.date.issued	2015
dc.identifier.citation	Materials Science Forum 830-831:616 - 619; Sep 2015	en_US
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/123456789/2321
dc.description.abstract	This paper presents the development of silver nanoparticles entrapped starch-polyacrylic acid hydrogel by a one step facile strategy. Formation of silver nanoparticles was confirmed by TEM and SPRE. Hydrogen bond interaction present in the hydrogel network was manifested from the FTIR spectroscopy. Silver nanoparticles in the face centred cubic lattice were confirmed by XRD. Visco-elastic properties studied by rheological analysis showed storage modulus of ~1500 Pa and exhibited a high storage modulus than loss modulus revealing the formation of strong gels. Phase transition temperature was confirmed by DSC. Antimicrobial screening studies of these hybrid gel exhibited antimicrobial activity to E.coli and S.aureus suggesting its applications for gram + ve and gram - ve bacteria	en_US
dc.language.iso	en	en_US
dc.publisher	Trans Tech Publications	en_US
dc.subject	Silver nanoparticles; Starch; Hydrogel; Acrylic acid; Antimicrobial	en_US
dc.title	Facile approach for the development of burly starch- silver hydrogel nanocomposites for antimicrobial applications	en_US
dc.type	Article	en_US