Photochemical generation of antimicrobial Ag-nanoparticles in intraocular lenses

Thorben Badur; Hee-Cheol Kim; Norbert Hampp

doi:10.1117/12.2256300

22 February 2017 Photochemical generation of antimicrobial Ag-nanoparticles in intraocular lenses

Thorben Badur, Hee-Cheol Kim, Norbert Hampp

Proceedings Volume 10078, Colloidal Nanoparticles for Biomedical Applications XII; 1007809 (2017) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2256300
Event: SPIE BiOS, 2017, San Francisco, California, United States

Abstract

The antimicrobial properties of silver (Ag) nanoparticles (NP) have been investigated in depth during the last decades.[1] For cataract treatment minimal invasive surgery has become state-of-the-art. The physicians are still fighting against postoperative inflammations, such as endophthalmitis.[2] We present a novel approach to reduce these postoperative complications by equipping the hydrophilic intraocular lenses (IOL) with a Ag NP depot. As the Ag NP are completely entrapped inside the polymeric IOL no direct contact of the nanoparticles with epithelial cells may occur. Using 1-hydroxybenzotriazole (HOBt) or 7-hydroxycumarine (7HOCum) as photo reduction mediators (PRM) the formation of the Ag NP is accomplished in situ. PRM and Ag nitrate are diffused into the ready made IOL. By means of two-photon-absorption (TPA) photochemistry at λ_TPA = 532 nm the Ag NP generation is precisely controlled to occur inside the IOL only. At no point NP are directly exposed to the surface.[3] Interesting dependencies between the used PRM and the resulting particle size distribution or the effectiveness of the silver ion reduction inside the polymer matrix are reported. The Ag NP were prepared in the outer area of the IOL not to affect the optical properties of the ophthalmic implant. The amount of Ag ions released was determined and found to be sufficient to effectively reduce the counts of airborne germs. Besides HOBt and 7HOCum we also investigated the photo reductive properties of several other organic reagents, such as benzophenone (BP) and 4-hydroxybenzophenone (4HOBP) for the ability to produce even three-dimensional nanoparticle structures inside a polymer matrix.

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Thorben Badur, Hee-Cheol Kim, and Norbert Hampp "Photochemical generation of antimicrobial Ag-nanoparticles in intraocular lenses", Proc. SPIE 10078, Colloidal Nanoparticles for Biomedical Applications XII, 1007809 (22 February 2017); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2256300

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