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NEW JOURNAL OF CHEMISTRY
卷 43, 期 10, 页码 4168-4180出版社
ROYAL SOC CHEMISTRY
DOI: 10.1039/c8nj06160b
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- National Research Foundation (South Africa) [102505]
- University of South Africa
- Ghent University
Antibacterial silver nanoparticles (AgNPs) were synthesised via an environmentally benign thermally-assisted one-pot and microwave-assisted experimental set-up using apple extract as a reducing agent. The formation of these AgNPs was confirmed by UV-Vis, XRD and EDS while their size distribution was determined by TEM micrographs. The AgNPs were uniformly distributed with diameters of 28.24 +/- 1.15 nm and 22.05 +/- 1.05 nm for the thermally-assisted one-pot and microwave-assisted reduction methods respectively. The rate of reduction was faster in a microwave-assisted reduction method compared to that of a thermally-assisted one-pot synthesis method. The antibacterial AgNPs were embedded in polyvinylidene fluoride (PVDF) nanofibre membranes and their antibacterial activity against Gram-positive Geobacillus stearothermophilus and Staphylococcus aureus and Gram-negative Pseudomonas aeruginosa and Klebsiella pneumoniae was studied. The antibacterial nanofibres successfully inhibited the growth of these mesophilic and thermophilic bacteria. Therefore, AgNP-embedded PVDF nanofibre membranes showed a high potential for use in water purification systems that are subject to contamination by mesophilic or thermophilic bacteria without compromising the rate of water recovery.
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