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This work describes a gelation of chitosan solution with silver nitrate. Above the critical concentration of chitosan (c*), continuous hydrogels of chitosan-silver can be formed. At lower concentrations, the formation of nano- and micro-hydrogels is discussed. The sol-gel analysis was performed to characterise the hydrogels' swelling properties. Moreover, the following were employed: (i) mechanical testing of hydrogels, (ii) inductively coupled plasma-optical emission spectroscopy (ICP-OES) for the measurement of silver concentration, (iii) scanning electron microscopy (SEM) to examine the morphology of products obtained, and (iv) dynamic light scattering (DLS) and UV-vis spectrophotometry to examine products formed at low concentration of chitosan (c

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Antibacterianos/química , Quitosano/química , Hidrogeles/química , Nitrato de Plata/química , Antibacterianos/farmacología , Bacillus subtilis/efectos de los fármacos , Escherichia coli/efectos de los fármacos , Hidrogeles/farmacología , Cinética , Peso Molecular , Nanoestructuras/química , Propiedades de Superficie , Textiles/microbiología