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Chem. Commun., 2010, 46, 121 - 123, DOI: 10.1039/b916559b


Shell crosslinked nanoparticles carrying silver antimicrobials as therapeutics

Yali Li, Khadijah Hindi, Kristin M. Watts, Jane B. Taylor, Ke Zhang, Zicheng Li, David A. Hunstad, Carolyn L. Cannon, Wiley J. Youngs and Karen L. Wooley


Amphiphilic polymer nanoparticles loaded with silver cations or/and N-heterocyclic carbene–silver complexes were assessed as antimicrobial agents against Gram-negative pathogens Escherichia coli and Pseudomonas aeruginosa.

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