Antibacterial and Morphological Studies of Electrospun Silver-Impregnated Polyacrylonitrile Nanofibre

Siyanbola, T. O. and Gurunathan, T. and Akinsola, A. F. and Adekoya , J. A and Akinsiku, A.A. and Aladesuyi, O. and Rajiv, S. and Mohanty, S. and Natarajan, T.S and Nayak, S.K. (2016) Antibacterial and Morphological Studies of Electrospun Silver-Impregnated Polyacrylonitrile Nanofibre. ORIENTAL JOURNAL OF CHEMISTRY, 32 (1). pp. 159-164. ISSN 0970-020 X

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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.

Item Type:	Article
Uncontrolled Keywords:	Antibacterial activity, Nanofibre, Silver, Polyacrylonitrile, Electrospinning, Composite.
Subjects:	Q Science > Q Science (General) Q Science > QD Chemistry
Divisions:	Faculty of Engineering, Science and Mathematics > School of Chemistry
Depositing User:	Mrs Hannah Akinwumi
Date Deposited:	13 Mar 2017 12:24
Last Modified:	13 Mar 2017 12:24
URI:	http://eprints.covenantuniversity.edu.ng/id/eprint/7909

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