Issue 12, 2011

Facile synthesis of silver@graphene oxide nanocomposites and their enhanced antibacterial properties

Abstract

Uniform and water-soluble Ag@reduced graphene oxide (Ag@rGO) nanocomposites can be prepared by a facile approach in the absence of additional reductants, which display much better antibacterial properties than that of pure silver nanoparticles synthesized by microwave irradiation, and an equivalent antibacterial effect in comparison with that of the general antibacterial drug ampicillin. Their skin irritation tests with the use of rat models are taken in order to explore the toxicity of this nanocomposite, which confirm that no oedema or erythema appears on the injured rat skin after exposure to the as-prepared Ag@rGO nanocomposites.

Graphical abstract: Facile synthesis of silver@graphene oxide nanocomposites and their enhanced antibacterial properties

Supplementary files

Article information

Article type
Paper
Submitted
07 Oct 2010
Accepted
04 Jan 2011
First published
10 Feb 2011

J. Mater. Chem., 2011,21, 4593-4597

Facile synthesis of silver@graphene oxide nanocomposites and their enhanced antibacterial properties

W. Xu, L. Zhang, J. Li, Y. Lu, H. Li, Y. Ma, W. Wang and S. Yu, J. Mater. Chem., 2011, 21, 4593 DOI: 10.1039/C0JM03376F

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