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DOI: 10.1016/j.msec.2020.111520
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Silver nanocluster; Nanogel; Antimicrobial; Luminescence; Bacterial detection
资金
- National Natural Science Foundation of China [31800800]
- Natural Science Foundation of Shandong Province, China [ZR2019BC101]
- Scientific Research Foundation of Qingdao University of Science and Technology [210/010022914]
This study developed self-assembled nanogels of thiolated silver nanoclusters and chitosan with desirable biocompatibility, targeting specificity, and luminescent properties, showing amplified luminescence and exceptional bactericidal activity compared to individual components. The nanogel also served as a bacterial detection system based on bacterial binding on fluorescent nanogels, promising practical applications as theranostic nanomedicines.
Multifunctional theranostic agents with the features of good biocompatibility, long-term antibacterial efficacy, and rapid bacterial detection are the desired future medicine for infectious diseases, but which poses huge challenges on the design of such multifunctional nanocomposites in a single entity. Herein, self-assembled nanogels of thiolated silver nanoclusters (Ag NCs) and chitosan was designed and synthesized, which combines the desirable biocompatible, targeting specific, luminescent properties. This nanogel displays an amplified luminescence via strong matrix-ligand coordination between thiolate ligands and chitosan matrix to rigidify the molecular structure on the surface of Ag NCs. Concomitantly, this nanogel exhibits exceptional bactericidal activity, with approximately > 10-fold stronger activity compared to its counterpart Ag NCs. Furthermore, a bacterial detection system was developed based on the bacterial binding on the fluorescent nanogels. This work provides a new strategy in designing multifunctional theranostic agents and this new composite Ag NC nanogel holds great promise for practical applications as the theranostic nanomedicines.
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