{"title":"Enhanced antimicrobial properties of cotton gauze functionalized with biosynthesized selenium nanoparticles","authors":"Anmol Singh, Priyankar Dey, Hisaaki Mihara, Ranjana Prakash, Nagaraja Tejo Prakash","doi":"10.1007/s00289-025-05683-w","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>The challenge of bacterial contamination, which triggers an immune response, remains a significant hurdle in the biomedical field. This study explored the use of exopolymeric substance-capped selenium nanoparticles (EPS-SeNPs) to enhance the antibacterial properties of cotton gauze. The modification of the gauze involved using chitosan as an adhesive agent to improve the deposition of EPS-SeNPs. The resulting functionalized gauze, termed EPS-SeNPs@CH_CG, was further analyzed using physicochemical techniques such as XRD, FTIR, and FE-SEM. This functionalized gauze exhibited both anti-adhesive and bactericidal properties against <i>Escherichia coli</i> and <i>Staphylococcus aureus</i>. A prolonged antibacterial effect was also observed to be facilitated by the sustained release of selenium from the gauze. This study underscores the potential of EPS-SeNPs@CH_CG-functionalized cotton gauze for anti-microbial enhancement which can be an asset for biomedical applications.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":737,"journal":{"name":"Polymer Bulletin","volume":"82 9","pages":"3885 - 3908"},"PeriodicalIF":3.1000,"publicationDate":"2025-03-04","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"0","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Polymer Bulletin","FirstCategoryId":"92","ListUrlMain":"https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s00289-025-05683-w","RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"化学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"Q2","JCRName":"POLYMER SCIENCE","Score":null,"Total":0}
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Abstract
The challenge of bacterial contamination, which triggers an immune response, remains a significant hurdle in the biomedical field. This study explored the use of exopolymeric substance-capped selenium nanoparticles (EPS-SeNPs) to enhance the antibacterial properties of cotton gauze. The modification of the gauze involved using chitosan as an adhesive agent to improve the deposition of EPS-SeNPs. The resulting functionalized gauze, termed EPS-SeNPs@CH_CG, was further analyzed using physicochemical techniques such as XRD, FTIR, and FE-SEM. This functionalized gauze exhibited both anti-adhesive and bactericidal properties against Escherichia coli and Staphylococcus aureus. A prolonged antibacterial effect was also observed to be facilitated by the sustained release of selenium from the gauze. This study underscores the potential of EPS-SeNPs@CH_CG-functionalized cotton gauze for anti-microbial enhancement which can be an asset for biomedical applications.
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"Polymer Bulletin" is a comprehensive academic journal on polymer science founded in 1988. It was founded under the initiative of the late Mr. Wang Baoren, a famous Chinese chemist and educator. This journal is co-sponsored by the Chinese Chemical Society, the Institute of Chemistry, and the Chinese Academy of Sciences and is supervised by the China Association for Science and Technology. It is a core journal and is publicly distributed at home and abroad.
"Polymer Bulletin" is a monthly magazine with multiple columns, including a project application guide, outlook, review, research papers, highlight reviews, polymer education and teaching, information sharing, interviews, polymer science popularization, etc. The journal is included in the CSCD Chinese Science Citation Database. It serves as the source journal for Chinese scientific and technological paper statistics and the source journal of Peking University's "Overview of Chinese Core Journals."
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