Overview of the synthesis methods of bimetallic nanoparticles for the formation of silver-palladium as a potential antibacterial agent against Staphylococcus aureus

During the last decades, the antibacterial properties of inorganic nanoparticles have been the focus of very intense and prolific research worldwide. However, it is challenging to obtain good morphology, size, and surface chemistry that constitute basic parameters for their antibacterial properties are not always achieved. For this reason, nanoparticles must be developed with a controlled synthesis, whose main parameters help us to obtain a type of practical, durable, stable antibacterial agent that does not lead to more problems for nature, such as dangerous chemicals. The resistance of Staphylococcus aureus to antibiotics is an alarming worldwide issue due to the rapid ability this bacterium has to adapt to new pharmaceutics. Recent studies show that both penicillin and methicillin have lost their effect against it in more than 80% of the cases; therefore, the search for an antibacterial agent whose efficacy is not affected is urgent. Several studies have shown that bacteria cannot acquire resistance to nanoparticles as quickly as to drugs; therefore, new studies to improve the production of inorganic nanoparticles with desired antibacterial properties are necessary. In the present work, a bibliographic review is developed to overview various techniques for synthesizing bimetallic nanoparticles and their characterization along with their unique properties. This synthesis offers the main objective of the controlled formation of bimetallic Ag-Pd alloy nanoparticles, making them a potential antibacterial agent against Staphylococcus aureus.

• מחבר ראשי: Gallardo Andrade, Emily Daniela (author)
• פורמט: bachelorThesis
• שפה: eng
• יצא לאור: 2021
• נושאים: Antibacterial; Nanoparticulas bimetalicas; Staphylococcus aureus; Síntesis verde; Bimetallic nanoparticles; Green synthesis
• גישה מקוונת: http://repositorio.yachaytech.edu.ec/handle/123456789/386