AN UNUSUAL SYSTEM BASED ON SULFUR-CONTAINING AMINO ACIDS AND SILVER SALTS: FROM SELF-ORGANIZATION TO APPLICATION PROSPECTS

Abstract

Reversible hydrogels containing silver nanoparticles stabilized by the amino acid L-cysteine in their volume were obtained. The silver salt that initiates gelation - nitrite, nitrate and acetate - affects the bioactive properties of the final material and various possibilities for its modification.