Hybrids of silver nanoparticles with amphiphilic hyperbranched macromolecules exhibiting antimicrobial properties

Cyril Aymonier; Ulf Schlotterbeck; Lydie Antonietti; Philipp Zacharias; Ralf Thomann; Joerg C Tiller; Stefan Mecking

doi:10.1039/b208575e

Hybrids of silver nanoparticles with amphiphilic hyperbranched macromolecules exhibiting antimicrobial properties

Chem Commun (Camb). 2002 Dec 21:(24):3018-9. doi: 10.1039/b208575e.

Authors

Cyril Aymonier¹, Ulf Schlotterbeck, Lydie Antonietti, Philipp Zacharias, Ralf Thomann, Joerg C Tiller, Stefan Mecking

Affiliation

¹ Institut für Makromolekulare Chemie, Freiburger Materialforschungszentrum, Stefan-Meier-Str. 31, 79104 Freiburg, Germany.

PMID: 12536795
DOI: 10.1039/b208575e

Abstract

Hybrids of silver particles of 1 to 2 nm in size with highly branched amphiphilically modified polyethyleneimines adhere effectively to polar substrates providing environmentally friendly antimicrobial coatings.