Silver nanoparticles’ incorporation in spider silk (Paraphidippus aurantius) for therapeutic purposes

Abstract

Spiders produce a wide range of multipurpose silk fibers that are composed of Fibroin (Xiaonan et.al., 2016) with hydrophilic, biodegradable, biocompatible and high-strength properties. On the other hand, silver nanoparticles have remarkable properties, and their morphology can be controlled and strongly influenced by the experimental conditions, generating an effect on their antimicrobial capacity. The present work proposes a successful experimental sequence for the incorporation process of Silver Nanoparticles synthesized from Aloe Vera extract in Spider (Paraphidippus aurantius) silk. Once the spider web is clean and sanitized, it is submerged in a solution of Silver Nanoparticles (Solomon et al., 2007), to be subjected to sonication in order to achieve incorporation.