To meet the demands of the market and society, the development of structured polymeric materials for application in the medical field is constantly increasing. Over the last decades, metallic silver nanoparticles have been explored due to their antimicrobial action. Here, we aimed to incorporate metallic silver nanoparticles into polymeric pieces obtained by additive manufacture via a chemical route involving silver nitrate and sodium borohydride. Polyamide 12 membranes were obtained by selective laser sintering, which was followed by washing, pretreatment, and functionalization with the alkoxides tetraethylorthosilicate and 3-aminopropyl tetraethoxysilane. For nanoparticle preparation and incorporation, a chemical route was tested under different conditions. The samples were characterized by techniques, such as X-ray diffraction, ultravioletvisible spectroscopy, and infrared vibrational spectroscopy. Nanoparticle formation and incorporation into the polyamide 12 membranes were demonstrated by the absorbance band at 420 nm, which indicated that the particles measured between 10 and 50 nm in size; by the X-ray diffraction peaks at 2θ = 38, 44, and 64°, which are typical of crystalline silver; and by vibrational spectroscopy, which evidenced that the nanoparticles interacted with the polyamide 12 nitrogen groups. Polyamide 12 membranes containing metallic silver nanoparticles have promising biomedical applications as antimicrobial wound dressings associated with drug carriers.
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