Microwave assisted ultrafast immobilization of CuO nanostructures in paper matrices for antimicrobial applications
CuO nanoflakes with dimension of 50–150 nm × 200 nm were successfully immobilized on the surface of cellulose fibers by an ultrafast (5 min reaction time), scalable microwave assisted method. The high retention of CuO up to 70% has been phenomenal considering that the immobilization was carried out...
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Published in | Cellulose (London) Vol. 29; no. 4; pp. 2633 - 2643 |
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Main Authors | , , |
Format | Journal Article |
Language | English |
Published |
Dordrecht
Springer Netherlands
01.03.2022
Springer Nature B.V |
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Summary: | CuO nanoflakes with dimension of 50–150 nm × 200 nm were successfully immobilized on the surface of cellulose fibers by an ultrafast (5 min reaction time), scalable microwave assisted method. The high retention of CuO up to 70% has been phenomenal considering that the immobilization was carried out in the absence of any linker, binder or retention aid. Retention of almost 87% of the immobilized CuO nanostructures even after five consecutive recyclability steps has been unprecedented. The antimicrobial activities of the paper matrices have been investigated by deactivating both
G. trabeum
and
E. coli
. The CuO immobilized paper matrices have desisted the growth of
G. trabeum
up to 28 days and completely deactivated
E. coli
(CFU in order of 10
7
) in the presence of visible light with exposure time of 2 h only.
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ISSN: | 0969-0239 1572-882X |
DOI: | 10.1007/s10570-022-04457-1 |