TY - JOUR
T1 - Ultrasound-assisted coating of nylon 6,6 with silver nanoparticles and its antibacterial activity
AU - Perkas, N.
AU - Amirian, G.
AU - Dubinsky, S.
AU - Gazit, S.
AU - Gedanken, A.
PY - 2007/5/5
Y1 - 2007/5/5
N2 - A silver/nylon 6,6 nanocomposite containing 1 wt % metallic silver has been produced from an aqueous solution of silver nitrate in the presence of ammonia and ethylene glycol by an ultrasound-assisted reduction method. The structure and properties of nylon 6,6 coated with silver have been characterized with X-ray diffraction, transmission electron microscopy, scanning electron microscopy, energy-dispersive X-ray, X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy, Raman spectroscopy, and diffused reflection spectroscopy measurements. The nanocrystals of pure silver, 50-100 nm in size, are finely dispersed on the polymer surface without damaging the nylon 6,6 structure. This silver-nylon nanocomposite is stable to many washing cycles and thus can be used as a master batch for the production of nylon yarn by melting and spinning processes. The fabric knitted from this yarn has shown excellent antimicrobial properties.
AB - A silver/nylon 6,6 nanocomposite containing 1 wt % metallic silver has been produced from an aqueous solution of silver nitrate in the presence of ammonia and ethylene glycol by an ultrasound-assisted reduction method. The structure and properties of nylon 6,6 coated with silver have been characterized with X-ray diffraction, transmission electron microscopy, scanning electron microscopy, energy-dispersive X-ray, X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy, Raman spectroscopy, and diffused reflection spectroscopy measurements. The nanocrystals of pure silver, 50-100 nm in size, are finely dispersed on the polymer surface without damaging the nylon 6,6 structure. This silver-nylon nanocomposite is stable to many washing cycles and thus can be used as a master batch for the production of nylon yarn by melting and spinning processes. The fabric knitted from this yarn has shown excellent antimicrobial properties.
KW - Coatings
KW - Nanocomposites
KW - Particle size distribution
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=34247103152&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1002/app.24728
DO - 10.1002/app.24728
M3 - ???researchoutput.researchoutputtypes.contributiontojournal.article???
SN - 0021-8995
VL - 104
SP - 1423
EP - 1430
JO - Journal of Applied Polymer Science
JF - Journal of Applied Polymer Science
IS - 3
ER -