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Puppi, Dario
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- 2022Additive Manufacturing of Anatomical Poly( d , l -lactide) Scaffoldscitations
- 2022Development and characterization of highly stable silver nanoparticles as novel potential antimicrobial agents for wound healing hydrogelscitations
- 2019Biomedical processing of polyhydroxyalkanoatescitations
- 2018Biofabrication via integrated additive manufacturing and electrofluidodynamicscitations
- 2017Additive manufacturing of poly[(R)-3-hydroxybutyrate-co-(R)-3-hydroxyhexanoate] scaffolds for engineered bone developmentcitations
- 2017Additive Manufacturing of Poly(3-hydroxybutyrate-co-3-hydroxyhexanoate)/poly(ε-caprolactone) Blend Scaffolds for Tissue Engineeringcitations
- 2016Microstructured chitosan/poly(γ-glutamic acid) polyelectrolyte complex hydrogels by computer-aided wet-spinning for biomedical three-dimensional scaffoldscitations
- 2015Additive manufacturing techniques for the production of tissue engineering constructscitations
- 2011Polymeric nanostructured items electrospun on a cylindrical template: A simple procedure for their removalcitations
- 2010Novel electrospun polyurethane/gelatin composite meshes for vascular graftscitations
- 2010Polymeric Materials for Bone and Cartilage Repaircitations
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Development and characterization of highly stable silver nanoparticles as novel potential antimicrobial agents for wound healing hydrogels
Abstract
Recurrent microbial infections are a major cause of surgical failure and morbidity. Wound healing strategies based on hydrogels have been proposed to provide at once a barrier against pathogen microbial colonization, as well as a favorable environment for tissue repair. Nevertheless, most biocompatible hydrogel materials are more bacteriostatic than antimicrobial materials, and lack specific action against pathogens. Silver-loaded polymeric nanocomposites have efficient and selective activity against pathogenic organisms exploitable for wound healing. However, the loading of metallic nanostructures into hydrogels represents a major challenge due to the low stability of metal colloids in aqueous environments. In this context, the aim of the present study was the development of highly stable silver nanoparticles (AgNPs) as novel potential antimicrobial agents for hyaluronic acids hydrogels. Two candidate stabilizing agents obtained from natural and renewable sources, namely cellulose nanocrystals and ulvan polysaccharide, were exploited to ensure high stability of the silver colloid. Both stabilizing agents possess inherent bioactivity and biocompatibility, as well as the ability to stabilize metal nanostructures thanks to their supramolecular structures. Silver nitrate reduction through sodium borohydride in presence of the selected stabilizing agents was adopted as a model strategy to achieve AgNPs with narrow size distribution. Optimized AgNPs stabilized with the two investigated polysaccharides demonstrated high stability in phosphate buffer saline solution and strong antimicrobial activity. Loading of the developed AgNPs into photocrosslinked methacrylated hyaluronic acid hydrogels was also investigated for the first time as an effective strategy to develop novel antimicrobial wound dressing materials. ; This research was supported by the Portuguese Foundation for Science and Technology (FCT) under the projects PTDC/BII-BIO/28870/2017 and POCI-01-0145-FEDER-007038 (UID/Multi/ 50026/2013), and by the European ...