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. 2023 Feb 8;12(2):351. doi: 10.3390/antibiotics12020351

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(A) TEM images of AuNPs showing different sizes and surface modifications. (B) UV-vis absorption spectra and photos of AuNRs-hydrogels with different surface modifications. (C) In vitro release curve of AuNRs from the PEG-AuNRs loaded poloxamer 407 hydrogel. (D) Overnight bacterial cultures of wound-contacted swaps after 14 days of wound treatment by different hydrogels. (E) Photographs and (F) H&E histological examination of rat wounds after treatment by hydrogels of PAA-AuNRs, PAH-AuNRs, PEG-AuNRs, PEG-AuNSs, poloxamer 407 hydrogel and control for different time. (G) Deposition percentages of AuNPs into different rat’s organ. Reproduced with permission from ref [69], Copyright 2019 Elsevier.