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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