Antibacterial electrospun chitosan/poly(vinyl alcohol) nanofibers containing silver nitrate and titanium dioxide
- 5 December 2008
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Wiley in Journal of Applied Polymer Science
- Vol. 111 (6) , 2892-2899
Abstract
Chitosan/poly(vinyl alcohol) (PVA) nanofibers with antibacterial activity were prepared by the electrospinning of a chitosan/PVA solution with a small amount of silver nitrate (AgNO3) and titanium dioxide (TiO2). Nanofibers with diameters of 270–360 nm were obtained. The yield of low‐viscosity chitosan (LCS)/PVA nanofibers was higher than that of high‐viscosity chitosan (HCS)/PVA, and the water content of the HCS/PVA nanofibers and the LCS/PVA nanofibers were 430 and 390%, respectively. The nanofibers developed in this study exhibited antibacterial activities of 99 and 98% against Staphylococcus aureus and Escherichia coli, respectively. © 2008 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. J Appl Polym Sci, 2009Keywords
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