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Polyacrylamide/Reduced Graphene Oxide-Ag Nanocomposite As Highly Efficient Antibacterial Transparent Film Publisher



Mahdavi H1 ; Rahmani O1 ; Shahverdi AR2
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  1. 1. School of Chemistry, University College of Science, University of Tehran, P.O. Box 14155-6455, Tehran, Iran
  2. 2. Department of Pharmaceutical Biotecnology and Biotecnology Research, School of Pharmacy, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran

Source: Journal of the Iranian Chemical Society Published:2017


Abstract

In this study, preparation and characterization of polyacrylamide/reduced graphene oxide-Ag (PAM/rGO-Ag) nanocomposites as a new nanocomposite film were investigated. First, PAM/GO nanocomposite was synthesized by in situ polymerization strategy. Afterward, highly stable and uniformly distributed silver nanoparticles (Ag NPs) have been obtained with PAM/GO nanocomposite as nanoreactors via in situ reduction of silver nitrate (AgNO3) using sodium borohydride (NaBH4) as reducing agent. In addition, the prepared PAM/rGO-Ag nanocomposite was thermally annealed in order to achieve high-performance nanocomposite film with antimicrobial activities. The prepared nanocomposite was characterized by XRD, FT-IR, SEM, TEM and TGA. The obtained results demonstrate that the silver nanoparticles were well decorated and dispersed on the graphene oxide nanosheets. In fact, the GO nanosheets and polyacrylamide chains act as a support and stabilize the Ag nanoparticles. Moreover, antimicrobial activities of the films were also examined, and the films containing well-dispersed and stabilized Ag nanoparticles showed outstanding antibacterial activity. © 2016, Iranian Chemical Society.