Journal
JOURNAL OF INORGANIC BIOCHEMISTRY
Volume 118, Issue -, Pages 59-64Publisher
ELSEVIER SCIENCE INC
DOI: 10.1016/j.jinorgbio.2012.07.025
Keywords
Halloysite nanotubes; Silver nanoparticles; Antibacterial activity; Escherichia coli; Staphylococcus aureus
Funding
- National Natural Science Foundation of China [21106137]
- Research Fund for the Doctoral Program of Higher Education of China [20114101120001]
- Innovation Scientists and Technicians Troop Construction Projects of Zhengzhou City
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Halloysite nanotubes (HNTs), natural nanotube, have been developed as a support for loading of antibacterial agents. Firstly. HNTs were modified by silane coupling agent (KH-792). And then, modified HNTs were immersed in silver nitrate solution and a complex reaction between the two amino groups of KH-792 and silver ions formed, leading to large clusters on the surface of HNTs. Finally, these silver containing clusters were converted into silver nanoparticles (Ag NPs) with about 5 nm diameter by reduction process. A new antibacterial agent, Ag NPs/HNTs, was characterized by X-ray fluorescence (XRF). X-ray diffraction (XRD), X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS), transmission electron microscopy (TEM) and scanning transmission electron microscopy-energy dispersive X-ray analysis (STEM-EDX). The antibacterial test indicated that Ag NPs/HNTs showed good antibacterial performance against Gram-negative bacteria (Escherichia coli) and Gram-positive bacteria (Staphylococcus aureus). (C) 2012 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
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