@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.}
}
