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Effect of cationic polyelectrolyte on the structure and antimicrobial activity of silver-containing nanocomposites based on interpolyelectrolyte complexes with a pectin anionic component

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This paper investigates the structure, morphology and antimicrobial properties of silver-containing nanocomposites based on interpolyelectrolyte complexes (IPEC) of pectin with polyethylenimine, cationic starch or chitosan as a cationic polyelectrolyte. The reduction of silver ions was carried out by thermochemical technique by heating of the interpolyelectrolyte–metal complexes, which in turn prepared by adsorption of ions on IPEC. The chemical reduction was also performed using ascorbic acid as reductant. The temperature and time needed to produce the nanocomposites at which completely reduction of silver ions occurs are 150 °C and 30 min. It is revealed that during thermochemical reduction depending on the type of cationic polyelectrolyte (PEI, cationic starch, chitosan), silver nanoparticles with an average size of 4.1, 5.3 and 4.7 nm, respectively, are formed. Various mechanisms of thermochemical reduction for interpolyelectrolyte–metal complexes containing polymers with aminogroups  or polymers with the glucopyranose units are considered. It is found that the silver-containing nanocomposites, formed by thermochemical reduction, exhibited higher antimicrobial activity against strains of S. aureus and E. coli than ones obtained using ascorbic acid.

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The work was performed with financial support Grant from the National Research Foundation of Ukraine (Development of nanocomposite polymeric biomaterials with effective antiviral and antimicrobial effect and 3D printing technology of resulting products. Application ID 2020.01/0222).

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  1. Institute of Macromolecular Chemistry of NAS of Ukraine, 48 Kharkivske shose, Kyiv, 02160, Ukraine

    V. L. Demchenko, S. M. Kobylinskyi & M. V. Iurzhenko

  2. D.K. Zabolotny Institute of Microbiology and Virology of NAS of Ukraine, 154 Acad. Zabolotny, Kyiv, 03680, Ukraine

    N. P. Rybalchenko

  3. E.O. Paton Electric Welding Institute of NAS of Ukraine, 11 Kazymyra Malevycha, Kyiv, 03680, Ukraine

    V. L. Demchenko & M. V. Iurzhenko

  4. Dragomanov National Pedagogical University, 9 Pirogova, Kyiv, 01601, Ukraine

    M. O. Rokytskyi

  5. National Research Center for Radiation Medicine of NAMS of Ukraine, 53 Ilyenko, Kyiv, 04050, Ukraine

    O. M. Demchenko

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VD designed and directed the research. VD, SK, MI, MR, NR and OD carried out experiments. VD and SK analyzed and interpreted the data. VD and SK wrote the manuscript.

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Demchenko, V.L., Kobylinskyi, S.M., Rybalchenko, N.P. et al. Effect of cationic polyelectrolyte on the structure and antimicrobial activity of silver-containing nanocomposites based on interpolyelectrolyte complexes with a pectin anionic component. Appl Nanosci 12, 459–466 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1007/s13204-021-01670-5

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