Fabrication of silver nanowires-loaded polydimethylsiloxane film with antimicrobial activities and cell compatibility
Abstract(#br)Microbial contamination on various surfaces is one of the greatest health problems worldwide, afflicting millions of peoples annually. Given the advantages of silver nanowires (AgNWs) in forming a percolated network when fabricated into a film, there is significant interest in developing AgNWs loaded polymeric coatings for antimicrobial applications. In this work, AgNWs with high aspect ratio are drop-coated onto a silicon wafer to form a uniform interconnected network. The AgNW network is then embedded into polydimethylsiloxane (PDMS) matrix to fabricate AgNWs/PDMS film.