Caires, Cynthia SA and Farias, Luiz AS and Gomes, Luiz E and Pinto, Bruno P and Gonçalves, Daniel A and Zagonel, Luiz F and Nascimento, Valter A and Alves, Diego CB and Colbeck, Ian and Whitby, Corinne and Caires, Anderson RL and Wender, Heberton (2020) Effective killing of bacteria under blue-light irradiation promoted by green synthesized silver nanoparticles loaded on reduced graphene oxide sheets. Materials Science and Engineering: C, 113. p. 110984. DOI https://doi.org/10.1016/j.msec.2020.110984
Caires, Cynthia SA and Farias, Luiz AS and Gomes, Luiz E and Pinto, Bruno P and Gonçalves, Daniel A and Zagonel, Luiz F and Nascimento, Valter A and Alves, Diego CB and Colbeck, Ian and Whitby, Corinne and Caires, Anderson RL and Wender, Heberton (2020) Effective killing of bacteria under blue-light irradiation promoted by green synthesized silver nanoparticles loaded on reduced graphene oxide sheets. Materials Science and Engineering: C, 113. p. 110984. DOI https://doi.org/10.1016/j.msec.2020.110984
Caires, Cynthia SA and Farias, Luiz AS and Gomes, Luiz E and Pinto, Bruno P and Gonçalves, Daniel A and Zagonel, Luiz F and Nascimento, Valter A and Alves, Diego CB and Colbeck, Ian and Whitby, Corinne and Caires, Anderson RL and Wender, Heberton (2020) Effective killing of bacteria under blue-light irradiation promoted by green synthesized silver nanoparticles loaded on reduced graphene oxide sheets. Materials Science and Engineering: C, 113. p. 110984. DOI https://doi.org/10.1016/j.msec.2020.110984
Abstract
Graphene oxide (GO) materials loaded with silver nanoparticles (AgNPs) have drawn considerable attention due to their capacity to efficiently inactivate bacteria though a multifaceted mechanism of action, as well as for presenting a synergetic effect against bacteria when compared to the activity of AgNPs and GO alone. In this investigation, we present an inexpensive and environmentally-friendly method for synthesizing reduced GO sheets coated with silver nanoparticles (AgNPs/r-GO) using a coffee extract solution as a green reducing agent. The physical and chemical properties of the produced materials were extensively characterized by scanning electron microscopy (SEM), field-emission gun transmission electron microscopy (FEG-TEM), ultraviolet and visible absorption (UV–Vis), Raman spectroscopy, X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS), inductively coupled plasma-optical emission spectroscopy (ICP-OES) and ion release determination. The results demonstrated that AgNPs/r-GO composites were successfully produced, revealing the formation of micrometer-sized r-GO sheets decorated by AgNPs of approximately 70 nm diameter. Finally, bactericidal and photobactericidal effects of the AgNPs/r-GO composites were tested against Staphylococcus aureus, in which the results showed that the composites presented antimicrobial and photoantimicrobial activities. Moreover, our results demonstrated for the first time, to our knowledge, that an efficient process of bacterial inactivation can be achieved by using AgNPs/r-GO composites under blue light irradiation as a result of three different bacterial killing processes: (i) chemical effect promoted by Ag+ ion release from AgNPs; (ii) photocatalytic activity induced by AgNPs/r-GO composites, enhancing the bacterial photoinactivation due to the excited-Plasmons of the AgNPs when anchored on r-GO; and (iii) photodynamic effect produced by bacterial endogenous photosensitizers under blue-light irradiation. In summary, the present findings demonstrated that AgNPs/r-GO can be obtained by a non-toxic procedure with great potential for biomedical-related applications.
Item Type: | Article |
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Uncontrolled Keywords: | Green synthesis; Silver nanoparticle; Reduced graphene oxide; Blue light irradiation; Photoinactivation; Staphylococcus aureus |
Divisions: | Faculty of Science and Health Faculty of Science and Health > Life Sciences, School of |
SWORD Depositor: | Unnamed user with email elements@essex.ac.uk |
Depositing User: | Unnamed user with email elements@essex.ac.uk |
Date Deposited: | 27 Apr 2020 15:49 |
Last Modified: | 30 Oct 2024 17:16 |
URI: | http://repository.essex.ac.uk/id/eprint/27376 |
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