Inventions (Jul 2022)

Biosafety Construction Composite Based on Iron Oxide Nanoparticles and PLGA

  • Sergey V. Gudkov,
  • Dmitriy E. Burmistrov,
  • Vasily N. Lednev,
  • Aleksander V. Simakin,
  • Oleg V. Uvarov,
  • Roman N. Kucherov,
  • Petr I. Ivashkin,
  • Alexey S. Dorokhov,
  • Andrey Yu. Izmailov

DOI
https://doi.org/10.3390/inventions7030061
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 7, no. 3
p. 61

Abstract

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Nanocomposites based on polymers and nanoparticles are used in agriculture for photoconversion of solar radiation, as a basis for covering material, as a packaging material, and as functional films. At the same time, nanocomposites are almost never used in agriculture as biosafe structural materials. In this work, we have developed a technology for obtaining a nanocomposite based on PLGA and iron oxide nanoparticles. The nanocomposite has unique physical and chemical properties and also exhibits pronounced antibacterial properties at a concentration of iron oxide nanoparticles of more than 0.01%. At the same time, the nanocomposite does not affect the growth and development of pepper and is biocompatible with mammalian cells. Nanocomposites based on PLGA and iron oxide nanoparticles can be an attractive candidate for the manufacture of structural and packaging materials in agriculture.

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