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Antibacterial effect of carbon nanofibers containing Ag nanoparticles

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Silver nanoparticles imbedded in polyacrylonitrile (PAN) nanofibers and converted into carbon nanofibers by calcination was obtained in a simple three-step process. The first step involves conversion of silver ions to metallic silver nanoparticles, through reduction of silver nitrate with dilute solution of PAN. The second step involves electrospinning of viscous PAN solution containing silver nanoparticles, thus obtaining PAN nanofibers containing silver nanoparticles. The third step was converting PAN/Ag composites into carbon nanofibers containing silver nanoparticles. Scanning electron microscopy (SEM) revealed that the diameter of the nanofibers ranged between 200 and 800 nm. Transmission electron microscopy (TEM) and energy dispersive spectroscopy (EDS) showed silver nanoparticles dispersed on the surface of the carbon nanofibers. The obtained fiber was fully characterized by measuring and comparing the FTIR spectra and thermogravimetric analysis (TGA) diagrams of PAN nanofiber with and without imbedded silver nanoparticles, in order to show the effect of silver nanoparticles on the electrospun fiber properties. The obtained carbon/Ag composites were tested as gram-class-independent antibacterial agent. The electrosorption of different salt solutions with the fabricated carbon/Ag composite film electrodes was studied.

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  1. Mechanical Engineering Department, College of Engineering, King Saud University, Riyadh, 11421, Saudi Arabia

    Hany S. Abdo & Khalil Abdelrazek Khalil

  2. Mechanical Design and Materials Department, Faculty of Energy Engineering, Aswan University, Aswan, Egypt

    Hany S. Abdo & Khalil Abdelrazek Khalil

  3. Department of Chemistry, King Saud University, Riyadh, 11451, Saudi Arabia

    Salem S. Al-Deyab & Hamoud Altaleb

  4. Center of Excellence for Research in Engineering Materials (CEREM), College of Engineering, King Saud University, Al-Riyadh, 11421, Saudi Arabia

    El-Sayed M. Sherif

  5. Electrochemistry and Corrosion Laboratory, Department of Physical Chemistry, National Research Centre (NRC), Dokki, 12622, Cairo, Egypt

    El-Sayed M. Sherif

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Abdo, H.S., Khalil, K.A., Al-Deyab, S.S. et al. Antibacterial effect of carbon nanofibers containing Ag nanoparticles. Fibers Polym 14, 1985–1992 (2013). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12221-013-1985-3

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