The objective of this study was to synthesize and characterize antimicrobial, silver nanoparticles based self-assembling monolayer coatings, for use on chronic indwelling medical devices. The coatings are comprised of novel biomass mediated silver nano particles (SNP) that are biocompatible, highly concentrated, highly pure, cost-effective, polydispersed and compatible for use with existing chronic indwelling medical devices. The HPC SNPs were functionalized with an azide functional group and covalently bound to titanium substrates via ¨Dclick¡¬ chemistry.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:LSU/oai:etd.lsu.edu:etd-07062011-120910 |
| Date | 11 July 2011 |
| Creators | Hodges, Emily Ann |
| Contributors | Hayes, Daniel, Monroe, W. Todd, Pojman, John A. |
| Publisher | LSU |
| Source Sets | Louisiana State University |
| Language | English |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | text |
| Format | application/pdf |
| Source | http://etd.lsu.edu/docs/available/etd-07062011-120910/ |
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