Girard, Jérôme Brunetto, Priscilla S. Braissant, Olivier Rajacic, Zarko Khanna, Nina Landmann, Regine Daniels, Alma U. Fromm, Katharina M. 2013 A silver polystyrene sulfonate polyelectrolyte was synthesized, showing a spontaneous reduction of silver ions to silver nanoparticles over a period of approximately 1 month. A follow-up of the nanoparticle formation via scanning electron microscopy (SEM) reveals migration of the nanoparticles towards the cracks of the polymer over time, leading to a self-healing process of the nanocomposite. Antibacterial tests show excellent antibacterial activity of our compound, which allows us to use this compound e.g. for external medical applications. application/pdf https://folia.unifr.ch/global/documents/303194 https://folia.unifr.ch/documents/303194/files/fro_dps.pdf https://folia.unifr.ch/documents/303194/files/fro_dps_sm.pdf eng info:eu-repo/semantics/altIdentifier/doi/10.1016/j.crci.2013.04.010 info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess License undefined Comptes Rendus Chimie. - 2013, vol. 16, no. 6, p. 550–556 Nanocomposite Silver Antibacterial Self healing Biomaterial Polymers info:eu-repo/classification/udc/54 Development of a polystyrene sulfonate/silver nanocomposite with self-healing properties for biomaterial applications http://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_6501