dc.contributor.author | Madhumathi, K. | |
dc.contributor.author | Sudheesh Kumar, P. | |
dc.contributor.author | Abhilash, S. | |
dc.contributor.author | Sreeja, V. | |
dc.contributor.author | Tamura, H. | |
dc.contributor.author | Manzoor, K. | |
dc.contributor.author | Nair, S. | |
dc.contributor.author | Jayakumar, R. | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2017-05-03T12:45:28Z | |
dc.date.available | 2017-05-03T12:45:28Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2010 | |
dc.identifier.issn | 09574530 | |
dc.identifier.doi | 10.1007/s10856-009-3877-z | |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/10072/64729 | |
dc.description.abstract | Antibiotic resistance of microorganisms is one of the major problems faced in the field of wound care and management resulting in complications like infection and delayed wound healing. Currently a lot of research is focused on developing newer antimicrobials to treat wounds infected with antibiotic resistant microorganisms. Silver has been used as an antimicrobial agent for a long time in the form of metallic silver and silver sulfadiazine ointments. Recently silver nanoparticles have come up as a potent antimicrobial agent and are finding diverse medical applications ranging from silver based dressings to silver coated medical devices. Chitin is a natural biopolymer with properties like biocompatibility and biodegradability. It is widely used as a scaffold for tissue engineering applications. In this work, we developed and characterized novel chitin/nanosilver composite scaffolds for wound healing applications. The antibacterial, blood clotting and cytotoxicity of the prepared composite scaffolds were also studied. These chitin/nanosilver composite scaffolds were found to be bactericidal against S. aureus and E. coli and good blood clotting ability. These results suggested that these chitin/nanosilver composite scaffolds could be used for wound healing applications. | |
dc.description.peerreviewed | Yes | |
dc.description.publicationstatus | Yes | |
dc.language | English | |
dc.language.iso | eng | |
dc.publisher | Springer New York LLC | |
dc.publisher.place | United States | |
dc.relation.ispartofstudentpublication | N | |
dc.relation.ispartofpagefrom | 807 | |
dc.relation.ispartofpageto | 813 | |
dc.relation.ispartofissue | 2 | |
dc.relation.ispartofjournal | Journal of Materials Science: Materials in Medicine | |
dc.relation.ispartofvolume | 21 | |
dc.rights.retention | Y | |
dc.subject.fieldofresearch | Materials Engineering not elsewhere classified | |
dc.subject.fieldofresearch | Biomedical Engineering not elsewhere classified | |
dc.subject.fieldofresearch | Biomedical Engineering | |
dc.subject.fieldofresearch | Materials Engineering | |
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode | 091299 | |
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode | 090399 | |
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode | 0903 | |
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode | 0912 | |
dc.title | Development of novel chitin/nanosilver composite scaffolds for wound dressing applications | |
dc.type | Journal article | |
dc.type.description | C1 - Articles | |
dc.type.code | C - Journal Articles | |
gro.hasfulltext | No Full Text | |
gro.griffith.author | Pandiyan Thodi, Sudheesh Kumar | |