Antibacterial and morphological studies of electrospun silver-impregnated polyacrylonitrile nanofibre

Silver-impregnated polyacrylonitrile (PAN) nanofibre was prepared through electrospinning process. Infra-red spectroscopy (FT-IR), X-ray powder diffraction (XRD), scanning electron microscopy (SEM), Thermo gravimetric analyses (TGA/DTA) were used to characterize PAN and PAN/Ag composites. The XRD re...

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Published inOriental journal of chemistry Vol. 32; no. 1; pp. 159 - 164
Main Authors Siyanbola, T. O, Gurunathan, T, Akinsola, A. F., Adekoya, J. A, Akinsiku, A. A, Aladesuyi, O, Rajiv, S, Mohanty, S, Natarajan, T. S, Nayak, S. K
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Bhopal Oriental Scientific Publishing Company 2016
Subjects
Composite materials
E coli
Fourier transforms
Gravimetric analysis
Infrared spectroscopy
Morphology
Nanocomposites
Nanofibers
Nanotechnology
Polyacrylonitrile
Polymers
Polyvinyl alcohol
Scanning electron microscopy
Silver
Spectrum analysis
X ray powder diffraction
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Summary:Silver-impregnated polyacrylonitrile (PAN) nanofibre was prepared through electrospinning process. Infra-red spectroscopy (FT-IR), X-ray powder diffraction (XRD), scanning electron microscopy (SEM), Thermo gravimetric analyses (TGA/DTA) were used to characterize PAN and PAN/Ag composites. The XRD results reflects decrease in the crystallinity of PAN as it is been modified with Ag. Antibacterial activity of PAN/Ag was also investigated.
ISSN:0970-020X
2231-5039
DOI:10.13005/ojc/320116