<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><xml><records><record><source-app name="Biblio" version="7.x">Drupal-Biblio</source-app><ref-type>17</ref-type><contributors><authors><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Prakash, B.</style></author></authors><secondary-authors><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Asha, S.</style></author></secondary-authors><tertiary-authors><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Ananth, A. N.</style></author></tertiary-authors><subsidiary-authors><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Vanithakumari, G.</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Okram, G. S.</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Jose, S. P.</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Rajan, M. A. J.</style></author></subsidiary-authors></contributors><titles><title><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Surface colonized silver nano particles over chitosan poly-electrolyte micro-spheres and their multi-functional behavior</style></title><secondary-title><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Materials Research Express</style></secondary-title></titles><keywords><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">antibacterial properties</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Chitosan</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Cytotoxicity</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">reactive oxygen species</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">silver nanoparticles</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">theranostics</style></keyword></keywords><dates><year><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">2018</style></year><pub-dates><date><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">FEB </style></date></pub-dates></dates><volume><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">5</style></volume><pages><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%"> 025032</style></pages><language><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">eng</style></language><abstract><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">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.</style></abstract><issue><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">2</style></issue><work-type><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Journal Article</style></work-type><custom3><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Foreign</style></custom3><custom4><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">1.068</style></custom4></record></records></xml>