Electrospun silk doped with selenium nanoparticles to enhance antibacterial properties

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2015-12-31

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Chung, Stanley
Stolzoff, Mıchelle
Ercan, Batur
Webster, Thomas

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Silk is a naturally derived biomaterial that has shown good properties for skin applications. However, unmodified silk has been shown to promote bacterial growth which is a major concern for any open wound skin application. Here, we propose for the first time, an electrospun silk scaffold doped with selenium nanoparticles to address this issue. Selenium nanoparticles have been shown to possess excellent antibacterial properties. By incorporating selenium nanoparticles into silk, we expect to retain silk's beneficial skin healing properties while increasing its antibacterial ability.

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https://hdl.handle.net/11511/84181
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AIChE Annual Meeting (2015)

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S. Chung, M. Stolzoff, B. Ercan, and T. Webster, “Electrospun silk doped with selenium nanoparticles to enhance antibacterial properties,” Salt Lake City, United States, 2015, p. 595, Accessed: 00, 2021. [Online]. Available: https://hdl.handle.net/11511/84181.