CHARACTERIZATION OF SILVER NANOPARTICLES AND THEIR APPLICATION IN THE PRODUCTION OF ANTIMICROBIAL FABRIC

• Grant number: 11/00222-8
• Support Opportunities: Scholarships in Brazil - Doctorate
• Start date: April 01, 2011
• End date: March 31, 2014
• Field of knowledge: Physical Sciences and Mathematics - Chemistry - Organic Chemistry
• Principal Investigator: Ljubica Tasic
• Grantee: Daniela Pott Marinho Ballottin
• Host Institution: Instituto de Química (IQ). Universidade Estadual de Campinas (UNICAMP). Campinas , SP, Brazil

Abstract

Inorganic and organic nanoparticles are widely used in several areas of science: chemical, biochemical, biological, biomedical, pharmaceutical, among others, with great efficiency. Due to relevant antimicrobial properties, nanoparticles of silver stand out principally due to its application in preparations of numerous antimicrobial materials, for example, products for oral use, domestic, wearing and surgical materials. Since the process of preparation of silver nanoparticles via biosynthesis in microorganisms is biotecnologically viable, this project involves the production of silver nanoparticles, and nanoparticles detailed characterization, and evaluation of both antimicrobial action and textile adhesion. Physico-chemical and biochemical techniques shall be applied in the characterization of nanoparticles and proteins and peptides that generally surround these particles, in the form of an over-layer. It is expected that the obtained results can contribute to understand better the processes of formation of nanoparticles and that these silver particles have application in the area of biomaterials.

Scientific publications

(References retrieved automatically from Web of Science and SciELO through information on FAPESP grants and their corresponding numbers as mentioned in the publications by the authors)

BALLOTTIN, DANIELA; FULAZ, STEPHANIE; SOUZA, MICHELE L.; CORIO, PAOLA; RODRIGUES, ALEXANDRE G.; SOUZA, ANA O.; GASPARI, PRISCYLA M.; GOMES, ALEXANDRE F.; GOZZO, FABIO; TASIC, LJUBICA. Elucidating Protein Involvement in the Stabilization of the Biogenic Silver Nanoparticles. NANOSCALE RESEARCH LETTERS, v. 11, JUN 29 2016. (12/13119-3, 11/00222-8)

BALLOTTIN, DANIELA; FULAZ, STEPHANIE; CABRINI, FLAVIA; TSUKAMOTO, JUNKO; DURAN, NELSON; ALVES, OSWALDO L.; TASIC, LJUBICA. Antimicrobial textiles: Biogenic silver nanoparticles against Candida and Xanthomonas. Materials Science & Engineering C-Materials for Biological Applications, v. 75, p. 582-589, JUN 1 2017. (09/54066-7, 11/00222-8)

Academic Publications

(References retrieved automatically from State of São Paulo Research Institutions)

BALLOTTIN, Daniela Pott Marinho. Characterization of silver nanoparticles and their application in the production of antimicrobial fabric. 2014. Doctoral Thesis - Universidade Estadual de Campinas (UNICAMP). Instituto de Química Campinas, SP.