Can I read Ceria-Incorporated Biopolymer for Preventing Fungal Adhesion on EtoBox?

Ceria-Incorporated Biopolymer for Preventing Fungal Adhesion by Park, Sung-Min; Kim, Dong-Ae; Jo, Jeong-Ki; Jun, Soo-Kyung; Jang, Tae-Su; Kim, Hae-Won; Lee, Jung-Hwan; Lee, Hae-Hyoung is a Engineering article available to read on EtoBox.

What is Ceria-Incorporated Biopolymer for Preventing Fungal Adhesion about?

Although biopolymers are widely used in biomedical fields, the issue of poor antimicrobial properties remains unsolved, leading to a potential increase in infections. Here, ceria nanoparticles (CNPs) were incorporated into a representative biopolymer, poly(methyl methacrylate) (PMMA), for drug-free antimicrobial properties. After characterizing the CNPs and surface/mechanical properties of the CNP-PMMA nanocomposite, antiadhesive effects against , the most common fungal species responsible for fungal infections, were determined using metabolic activity assays, and the underlying microbial antiadhesive mechanism was revealed. Hydrothermally fabricated CNPs showed a size of ∼20 nm with a zeta potential of 12 ± 2.3 mV and showed catalytic properties as a ROS modulator. Successful incorporation of CNPs into PMMA up to 2 wt % was confirmed by EDS analysis. The surface roughness and mechanical properties such as flexural strength and modulus were relatively unchanged up to 2 wt %. In contrast, the surface energy increased, and the Vickers hardness decreased in the 2 wt % PMMA compared with the control. A drop of up to 90% of adherent was observed in CNP-incorporated PMMA, which was confi

Who reads Ceria-Incorporated Biopolymer for Preventing Fungal Adhesion?

Author

Park, Sung-Min; Kim, Dong-Ae; Jo, Jeong-Ki; Jun, Soo-Kyung; Jang, Tae-Su; Kim, Hae-Won; Lee, Jung-Hwan; Lee, Hae-Hyoung

Publisher

American Chemical Society; American Chemical Society (ACS) (ISSN 2373-9878)

Published

2020

Language

EN

Field

Engineering (Physical Sciences)