Development and Characterization of Curcumin Loaded Silver Nanoparticle Hydrogels for Antibacterial and Drug Delivery Applications

Sakey Ravindra*, Antoine F. Mulaba-Bafubiandi, V. Rajinikanth, K. Varaprasad, N. Narayana Reddy, K. Mohana Raju

*Corresponding author for this work

Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

66 Scopus citations

Abstract

The present work involves the development of curcumin loaded silver hydrogel nanocomposites based on acrylamide and 2-acrylamido-2-methyl propanesulfonic acid, as a template by redox co-polymerization in the presence of hydrophilic crosslinker N,N 1-methylenebisacrylamide. Silver nitrate was taken as the metal precursor and sodium borohydride as a reducing agent. The formation of silver nanoparticles was monitored using UV-Vis absorption spectroscopy. The developed hydrogel silver nanocomposites (HSNC) were characterized by FTIR, UV-Vis, thermogravimetric analysis, scanning electron microscopy and transmission electron microscopy. The curcumin loading and release characteristics were performed for different hydrogel systems. The developed HSNCs were evaluated for preliminary antibacterial applications.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)1254-1262
Number of pages9
JournalJournal of Inorganic and Organometallic Polymers and Materials
Volume22
Issue number6
DOIs
StatePublished - 2012
Externally publishedYes

Bibliographical note

Funding Information:
Acknowledgments The authors (SR & KMR) thanks the University Grants Commission (UGC-SAP), Government of India, New Delhi for the partial financial support and AFM-B thanks the University of Johannesburg, South Africa for the partial financial support.

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Polymers and Plastics
  • Materials Chemistry

Fingerprint

Dive into the research topics of 'Development and Characterization of Curcumin Loaded Silver Nanoparticle Hydrogels for Antibacterial and Drug Delivery Applications'. Together they form a unique fingerprint.

Cite this