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SUBMITTER: Carpenter AW
PROVIDER: S-EPMC3733399 | biostudies-literature | 2013 May
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Carpenter Alexis W AW Reighard Katelyn P KP Saavedra Joseph E JE Schoenfisch Mark H MH
Biomaterials science 20130501 5
O<sup>2</sup>-protected <i>N</i>-diazeniumdiolate-based silanes were grafted onto mesoporous silica nanoparticles to yield a scaffold with an NO payload of 2.4 μmol NO/mg and NO release half-life of 23 d. Reduced (3-log) <i>Streptococcus mutans</i> viable adhesion was observed for NO-releasing dental restorative materials modified with these particles relative to controls. ...[more]