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Colloidal Bio-nanoparticles in Polymer Fibers: Current Trends and Future Prospects

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Biotechnology and bio-nanotechnology are emerging fields that inspire vast scientific and engineering inquiry. Bio-nanotechnology is relatively new and dynamic, applying biological principles to produce new systems and materials at nanoscale level. Eco-friendly nanomaterial development and production by biosynthesis have an interesting niche, where metallic and functionally diverse biosynthesized nanoparticles (bio-NPs) are prepared by exploiting both biological processes in microorganisms and biochemical reactions in plant extracts and other biomass. The major advantage of this approach is one-step chemical reduction and stabilization, with the two principal components providing toxic-free intermediates in the bio-NP genesis. This heralds exciting possibilities for inexpensive NP production and consequent rapid and wide adoption of novel applications, such as incorporation of bio-NPs to augment polymer nanofiber properties.

This chapter presents an overview of critical aspects of the composite materials’ design and development. The recognized mechanics of bio-NP formation is followed by idiosyncrasies in choice of the core material and the “host” environment where synthesis occurs and the physical and chemical characterization of resultant bio-NPs. Application potential is then outlined, and highly biocompatible polymers are highlighted in a major review of nanofiber production. Finally, future prospects in bio-NP and nanofiber composition are investigated.

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Abbreviations

Ag:

Silver

Au:

Gold

CM:

Carboxy-methyl

CuO:

Copper oxide

DLS:

Dynamic light scattering

Fe2O3 :

Iron (III) oxide

FTIR:

Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy

MEMS:

Microelectromechanical systems

NP:

Nanoparticle

PCL:

Poly(ε-caprolacton)

Pd:

Palladium

PGA:

Poly(glycolic acid)

PLA:

Poly(lactic acid)

PLGA:

Poly(lactic-co-lactic acid)

Pt:

Platinum

PVA:

Poly(vinyl alcohol)

PVP:

Polyvinylpyrrolidone

SEM:

Scanning electron microscopy

TEM:

Transmission electron microscopy

XRD:

X-ray diffraction

ZnO:

Zinc oxide

ZrO2 :

Zirconia oxide

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This work was supported by Ministry of Education of the Czech Republic project No. SP2016/57, SP2017/70.

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    Zuzana Konvičková, Gabriela Kratošová, Kateřina Škrlová & Veronika Holišová

  2. 4 Medical Innovations CBTD, Dr. Slabihoudka 6232/11, Ostrava, Poruba, 708 52, Czech Republic

    Ondrej Laššák

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Konvičková, Z., Laššák, O., Kratošová, G., Škrlová, K., Holišová, V. (2017). Colloidal Bio-nanoparticles in Polymer Fibers: Current Trends and Future Prospects. In: Rai, Ph.D, M., Shegokar, Ph.D, R. (eds) Metal Nanoparticles in Pharma. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-63790-7_13

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