PVP/Highly Dispersed AgNPs Nanofibers Using Ultrasonic-Assisted Electrospinning

Li Zhu, Wanying Zhu, Xin Hu, Yingying Lin, Siti Machmudah, Wahyudiono, Hideki Kanda*, Motonobu Goto*

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Abstract

Silver nanoparticles (AgNPs) are novel materials with antibacterial, antifungal, and antiviral activities over a wide range. This study aimed to prepare polyvinylpyrrolidone (PVP) electrospinning composites with uniformly distributed AgNPs. In this study, starch-capped ~2 nm primary AgNPs were first synthesized using Atmospheric pressure Pulsed Discharge Plasma (APDP) at AC 10 kV and 10 kHz. Then, 0.6 wt.% AgNPs were mixed into a 10 wt.% PVP ethanol-based polymer solution and coiled through an Ultrasonic-assisted Electrospinning device (US-ES) with a 50 W and 50 kHz ultrasonic generator. At 12 kV and a distance of 10 cm, this work successfully fabricated AgNPs-PVP electrospun fibers. The electrospun products were characterized using Scanning Electron Microscopy (SEM), Transmission Electron Microscopy (TEM), High-Resolution TEM (HR-TEM), Fourier Transform Infrared Spectroscopy (FT-IR), X-ray Diffraction (XRD), Thermogravimetric (TG), and X-ray Photoelectron Spectroscopy (XPS) methods.

Original languageEnglish
Article number599
JournalPolymers
Volume14
Issue number3
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 1 Feb 2022

Keywords

  • Atmospheric pressure pulsed discharge plasma
  • Silver nanoparticles
  • Ultrasonic-assisted electrospinning

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