Gamma irradiated starch based hydrogel impregnated with silver nanoparticle

• Main Authors: Esalami, Fayezeh, Ahmad, Zuraida, Abdul Razak, Nur Humairah
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Trans Tech Publications, Switzerland 2015
• Subjects: TA401 Materials of engineering and construction
• Online Access: http://irep.iium.edu.my/48174/1/2015-Fayexah.pdf; http://irep.iium.edu.my/48174/; http://www.scientific.net/AMR.1115.390
• Institution: Universiti Islam Antarabangsa Malaysia

Hydrogel based on petroleum polymer are expensive, non-biodegradable and nondecompose which lead them to heavy waste in environment. In this paper, biopolymer is used to overcome this problem and promote environmental friendliness and biocompatible to the human skin and impregnation of silver nano-p...