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COLLOIDS AND SURFACES A-PHYSICOCHEMICAL AND ENGINEERING ASPECTS
卷 634, 期 -, 页码 -出版社
ELSEVIER
DOI: 10.1016/j.colsurfa.2021.127915
关键词
Antibacterial; Gold nanoparticles; Nanostar; Nanomorphology; Surface charge; Reactive oxygen species (ROS)
资金
- IIIT-Hyderabad
- DST
- CSIR (Govt. of India)
This report compares the antibacterial properties of unique (sphere+rod)-shaped gold nanostar with its structural components, gold nanorods and nanosphere. It found that nanostars exhibit the highest antibacterial activity among the three nanoparticles when compared at the same gold quantity. Various techniques were employed to evaluate the antibacterial effects of the nanoparticles, and the influence of gold ions concentration, surface capping agents, and particle charge on antibacterial activity were also assessed.
The present report compares the antibacterial properties of unique (sphere+rod)-shaped gold nanostar with its structural components, i.e., gold nanorods and nanosphere. Gold nanostars, nanorods, and nanospheres have been synthesized using literature reported protocols. Clinical isolates of gram-negative E. coli and gram-positive S. aureus bacteria have been used as model pathogens for the antibacterial studies. The antibacterial activities of the nanoparticles have been assessed using various techniques. To compare the antimicrobial activity of the nanoparticles, we have investigated the effects of varying gold concentrations of different nanoparticles on bacterial growth kinetics. The impacts of the leached/residual gold ions and the surface capping agent and charge of the particles on the antibacterial activity have also been assessed. Studies of the nanoparticle's dose and exposure time show the highest antibacterial activity for nanostars and lowest for nanospheres for a given quantity of gold. Bradford's Reagent Assay and confocal fluorescent microscopy studies confirm the trend of the particle-specific antibacterial activities. SEM/TEM and DNA extraction studies show that the bactericidal activities involve a combination of effects like the destruction of cell membrane, fragmentation of bacterial DNA, internalization of particles, etc. To assess the antibacterial impacts of the amount of leached/residual gold ions, their concentrations have been determined by inductively coupled plasma - optical emission (ICP-OES) and mass (ICP-MS) spectroscopic studies as well as the effects of the added gold ions have been studied. No discernible effects have been observed due to the variation in the leached/residual gold ions amount. The DCHF-DA
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