@article {44529,
	title = {Surface colonized silver nano particles over chitosan poly-electrolyte micro-spheres and their multi-functional behavior},
	journal = {Materials Research Express},
	volume = {5},
	year = {2018},
	month = {FEB },
	pages = { 025032},
	type = {Journal Article},
	abstract = {hitosan/tripolyphosphate polyelectrolyte (TPP) microspheres, decorated and surface functionalized with silver nanoparticles (NPs) of average diameter of 15 nm, were synthesized following a simple two-step procedure. These Ag NP-functionalized polyelectrolyte microspheres (Ag-CSPMs) are found to be biocompatible and enhancing the reactive oxygen species in curcumin with excellent anti-bacterial activity for selected Gram-positive and negative bacterial strains, making them much attractive relative to bare surface counterparts; the well-stabilized silver NPs do not form any agglomerations on the surface of the chitosan microspheres. They also show excellent cytotoxic behavior towards MCF7 cell lines, showing a half-maximal inhibitory concentration (IC50) of 32 μg ml-1. Therefore, Ag-CSPMs exhibit multi-functional ability having potential towards theranostics applications.},
	keywords = {antibacterial properties, Chitosan, Cytotoxicity, reactive oxygen species, silver nanoparticles, theranostics},
	issn = {20531591},
	doi = { 10.1088/2053-1591/aaa3c6},
	author = {Prakash, B.},
	editor = {Asha, S.}
}
@article {44484,
	title = {Temperature dependent electron transport behavior of poly (methyl methacrylate)/silver functionalized reduced graphene oxide films},
	journal = {AIP  Conference Proceedings},
	volume = {1942},
	year = {2018},
	month = {APR },
	type = {Journal Article},
	abstract = {<p>Poly (methyl methacrylate) (PMMA) and silver functionalized reduced graphene oxide film were prepared and were investigated using FTIR and Raman. Electron transport behavior of these samples, at low temperature were studied. The prepared film exhibited a temperature dependent electron transport, at higher temperatures Arrhenius-like temperature dependence of resistance was observed indicating band like electron transport with a small thermal activation energy. At further lower temperatures hopping mechanism of conduction was observed due to the presence of defects. The conduction due to band-like electron transport at higher temperature is attributed to the easier excitation of charge carriers to the conduction band, whereas at lower temperatures conduction occurs through hopping mechanism due to localized states around Fermi level in the presence of defects.</p>},
	issn = {0094243X},
	doi = {10.1063/1.5029028},
	author = {Asha, S.},
	editor = {Ananth, A. Nimrodh}
}
