Bovine Serum Albumin and Chitosan Coated Silver Nanoparticles and Its Antimicrobial Activity against Oral and Nonoral Bacteria

Table 2

TGA and DSC analysis of BSA and CS coated SNP.

Sample (nm)	First weight loss (%)	Second weight loss (%)	Residues (%)	Total weight loss (%)	Coating weight (%)
10.7	0.02 (18–110)	1.41 (150–500)	98.5	1.5	—
38.3	0.0 (20–110)	1.7 (150–500)	98.24	1.76	—
110.8	0.17 (20–100)	1.84 (200–500)	97.82	2.18	—
BSA 22.9	0.38 (21–100)	3.4 (200–500)	96.37	3.63	2.13
BSA 32.7	1.32 (21–110)	11.44 (200–500)	86.93	13.07	11.31
BSA 113.3	0.33 (21–100)	2.74 (210–500)	96.76	3.24	1.06
CS 29.7	30.45 (23.5–100)	2.81 (200–500)	67.32	32.68	31.18
CS 41.0	0.16 (20–100)	2.39 (150–500)	97.57	2.43	0.67
CS 116.6	0.0 (20–100)	3.6 (175–500)	95.9	4.1	1.92

First and second weight loss columns describe in parentheses the temperature range for each sample. —: not applicable.