Issue 2, 2019
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Chemical Communications

Self-sterilizing antibacterial silver-loaded microneedles†

Laura E. González García,ab   Melanie N. MacGregor,ab   Rahul Madathiparambil Visalakshan,ab   Neethu Ninan,ab   Alex A. Cavallaro,a   Abigail D. Trinidad,cd   Yunpeng Zhao,e   A John D. Hayballcdf  and  Krasimir Vasilev ORCID logo *ab  

* Corresponding authors

a Future Industries Institute, University of South Australia, Mawson Lakes SA 5095, Australia
E-mail: krasimir.vasilev@unisa.edu.au

b School of Engineering, University of South Australia, Mawson Lakes SA 5095, Australia

c School of Pharmacy and Medical sciences, University of South Australia, Adelaide SA 5001, Australia

d Experimental Therapeutics Laboratory, University of South Australia Cancer Research Institute, Adelaide, SA 5000, Australia

e Department of Orthopaedics, Qilu Hospital, Shandong University, P. R. China

f Robinson Research Institute and Adelaide Medical School, University of Adelaide, Adelaide, SA 5005, Australia

Abstract

Microneedle patches have become an exciting means for transdermal delivery of various therapeutics. Herein, we report on self-sterilizing dissolving nanosilver-loaded microneedle patches created from carboxymethylcellulose capable of suppressing microbial pathogen growth at the insertion site.

Graphical abstract: Self-sterilizing antibacterial silver-loaded microneedles

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DOI
https://doi.org/10.1039/C8CC06035E
Article type
Communication
Submitted
25 Jul 2018
Accepted
02 Nov 2018
First published
02 Nov 2018

Chem. Commun., 2019,55, 171-174

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Self-sterilizing antibacterial silver-loaded microneedles

L. E. González García, M. N. MacGregor, R. M. Visalakshan, N. Ninan, A. A. Cavallaro, A. D. Trinidad, Y. Zhao, A. J. D. Hayball and K. Vasilev, Chem. Commun., 2019, 55, 171 DOI: 10.1039/C8CC06035E

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