ISSN : 0970 - 020X, ONLINE ISSN : 2231-5039
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Abstract

Antibacterial and morphological studies of electrospun silver-impregnated polyacrylonitrile nanofibre

T. O. Siyanbola1*, T. Gurunathan2, A. F. Akinsola3, J. A. Adekoya1, A. A. Akinsiku1, O. Aladesuyi1, S. Rajiv4, S. Mohanty 5, T. S. Natarajan6 and S. K. Nayak2

DOI : http://dx.doi.org/10.13005/ojc/320116


Abstract:

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.

Keywords:

Antibacterial activity; Nanofibre, Silver; Polyacrylonitrile;Electrospinning;Composite

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