Due to the synergistic interaction of AgNPs used against Staphylococcus aureus and Escherichia coli bacteria suggested promising antibacterial efficacy
AgNPs: silver nanoparticles; UV-Vis: UV-visible spectroscopy; TEM: transmission electron microscopy; XRD: X-ray diffraction; SPR: surface plasmon response; EDX: energy dispersive X-ray; FTIR: Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy; SEM: scanning electron microscopy; DLS: dynamic light scattering; AFM: atomic force microscope.
Declarations
Acknowledgments
The authors gratefully acknowledge the contributions of their collaborators and co-workers mentioned in the cited references. MSA and SM are thankful to the SGT School of Pharmacy, SGT University, for their support. KQ to Jamia Hamdard University, New Delhi, and to PK to Dhanrua School of Nursing & Paramedics, Dhanrua, Patna, and all are thankful for the support. All authors also very thankful to Arezah Sabir for her valuable support in editing the article.
Author contributions
PK: Conceptualization, Methodology, Writing—original draft. KQ: Conceptualization, Methodology, Writing—review & editing. RK: Software, Data curation, Visualization. SM: Formal analysis, Data curation, Resources. AW: Data curation, Resources, Writing—review & editing. KJ: Data curation, Visualization. KSV: Visualization, Writing—review & editing. MSA: Supervision, Writing—review & editing, Visualization, Resources, Investigation, Validation. All authors read and approved the submitted version.
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