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Polyaspartamide functionalized catechol-based hydrogels embedded with silver nanoparticles for antimicrobial properties

Tan, Milène ; Choi, Youngjin ; Kim, Jaeyun ; Kim, Ji-Heung ; Fromm, Katharina M.

In: Polymers, 2018, vol. 10, no. 11, p. 1188

In this study, polyaspartamide-based hydrogels were synthesized by boron-catechol coordination followed by incorporation of AgNPs into the materials. Free catechol moieties were exploited to produce AgNPs. TEM analyses displayed AgNPs of less than 20 nm in diameter and with minimum aggregation, attesting the role of hydrogels to act as an efficient template for the production of dispersed...