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The evolution of PLA-based efibers was followed in terms of morphology, FTIR, XRD, and visual appearance. The bioactivity was discussed in terms of hydroxyapatite growth after 28 days, considered as T28, of immersion in simulated body fluid, SBF. In particular, the biomineralization process evidenced after immersion in SBF started at T14 in both systems. The number of precipitated crystals increased by increasing the amount of both NPs. The chemical composition of the precipitated crystals was also characterized in terms of the Ca\/P molar ratio after T28 of immersion in SBF, indicating the presence of hydroxyapatite on the surface of both reinforced efibers. Moreover, a reduction in the average diameter of the PLA-based efibers was observed, reaching a maximum reduction of 46 and 60% in the average diameter of neat PLA and PLA:OLA efibers, respectively, after 28 days of immersion in SBF. The antibacterial behavior of the MgO and Mg(OH)2 NPs in the PLA-based electrospun fibers was tested against Escherichia coli, E. coli, as the Gram-negative bacteria, and Staphylococcus aureus, S. aureus, as the Gram-positive bacteria, obtaining the best antibacterial activity against the Gram-negative bacteria E. coli of 21 \u00b1 2% and 34 \u00b1 6% for the highest concentration of MgO and Mg(OH)2 NPs, respectively.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.3390\/polym16121727","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2024,6,18]],"date-time":"2024-06-18T07:33:20Z","timestamp":1718696000000},"page":"1727","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3390\/mdpi_crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":14,"title":["Bioactivity and Antibacterial Analysis of Plasticized PLA Electrospun Fibers Reinforced with MgO and Mg(OH)2 Nanoparticles"],"prefix":"10.3390","volume":"16","author":[{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-6590-1024","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Adri\u00e1n","family":"Leon\u00e9s","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Instituto de Ciencia y Tecnolog\u00eda de Pol\u00edmeros (ICTP-CSIC), C\/Juan de la Cierva 3, 28006 Madrid, Spain"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0003-4532-874X","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Valentina","family":"Salaris","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Instituto de Ciencia y Tecnolog\u00eda de Pol\u00edmeros (ICTP-CSIC), C\/Juan de la Cierva 3, 28006 Madrid, Spain"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0001-6542-091X","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Laura","family":"Peponi","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Instituto de Ciencia y Tecnolog\u00eda de Pol\u00edmeros (ICTP-CSIC), C\/Juan de la Cierva 3, 28006 Madrid, Spain"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0003-1887-1480","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Marcela","family":"Lieblich","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Centro Nacional de Investigaciones Metal\u00fargicas (CENIM-CSIC), 28040 Madrid, Spain"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0003-0210-1246","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Alexandra","family":"Mu\u00f1oz-Bonilla","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Instituto de Ciencia y Tecnolog\u00eda de Pol\u00edmeros (ICTP-CSIC), C\/Juan de la Cierva 3, 28006 Madrid, Spain"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0003-2061-0351","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Marta","family":"Fern\u00e1ndez-Garc\u00eda","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Instituto de Ciencia y Tecnolog\u00eda de Pol\u00edmeros (ICTP-CSIC), C\/Juan de la Cierva 3, 28006 Madrid, Spain"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0001-6386-5798","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Daniel","family":"L\u00f3pez","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Instituto de Ciencia y Tecnolog\u00eda de Pol\u00edmeros (ICTP-CSIC), C\/Juan de la Cierva 3, 28006 Madrid, Spain"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]}],"member":"1968","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2024,6,18]]},"reference":[{"key":"ref_1","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","unstructured":"Leon\u00e9s, A., Lieblich, M., Benavente, R., Gonzalez, J.L., and Peponi, L. 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