2021
DOI: 10.3390/polym13020277
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Antibacterial Synergism of Electrospun Nanofiber Mats Functioned with Silver Nanoparticles and Pulsed Electromagnetic Waves

Abstract: The over-reliance on antibiotics and their enormous misuse has led to warnings of a future without effective medicines and so, the need for alternatives to antibiotics has become a must. Non-traditional antibacterial treatment was performed by using an aray of nanocomposites synergised with exposure to electromagnetic waves. In this manuscript, electrospun poly(vinyl alcohol) (PVA) nanofiber mats embedded with silver nanoparticles (Ag NPs) were synthesized. The nanocomposites were characterized by Transmission… Show more

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“…A nontraditional antibacterial treatment was performed by using an array of nanofiber mats together with exposure to electromagnetic waves. The applied electromagnetic waves (EMWs) were shown to be a synergistic co-factor in killing bacteria even at low nanofiber mat concentrations [ 21 ]. In a different way, exposure to a magnetic field of 1.8 mT for 20 min was adopted to develop the kinetics of dentin/enamel re-mineralization in combination with nano-chitosan gels.…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…A nontraditional antibacterial treatment was performed by using an array of nanofiber mats together with exposure to electromagnetic waves. The applied electromagnetic waves (EMWs) were shown to be a synergistic co-factor in killing bacteria even at low nanofiber mat concentrations [ 21 ]. In a different way, exposure to a magnetic field of 1.8 mT for 20 min was adopted to develop the kinetics of dentin/enamel re-mineralization in combination with nano-chitosan gels.…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…The real part of permittivity (ε′) was found to be dependent on filler concentration, confirming the DC dielectric strength findings [4]. This research aims to improve the dielectric properties of polyvinyl chloride by manufacturing sheets of polyvinyl chloride injected with metal oxides such as lead oxide and copper oxide at different concentrations and then making comparisons to reach the best concentrations as well as injecting polyvinyl chloride with lead oxide and copper oxide [5] in the nanoscale to compare with the best previous concentrations to prove the effectiveness of nanotechnology in improving the dielectric properties [6], [7].…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 68%
“…Figure (6) displays the loss factor against frequency for micro PbO and CuO, PbO and CuO NPs, pure PVC, pure PVC /micro PbO composites, and PVC / PbO, PVC / CuO nanocomposites at room temperature. It can be seen from Figure (6) that, the loss factor curve of pure PVC, micro PbO, CuO, and PbO, CuO NPs possess the same behavior which involves decreases for the loss factor with an increase in the frequency. As the frequency increased, the dipole polarization effects reduced, and the values of the loss factor declined accordingly.…”
Section: Dielectric Properties and Ac Conductivitymentioning
confidence: 99%
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“…This continually growing problem of antibiotic resistance not only endangers the public health, but also endures a massive negative impact on the economic development due to delayed hospitalization and recovery time in addition to the need for expensive medications as well as specialized care for patients [ 1 ]. Many researchers have directed their efforts to manage the problem of antibiotic resistance via estimating the effectiveness of new antibacterial agents either alone or in combinations [ 2 ]. In the same context, breast cancer is considered the second common leading cause of cancer death among women [ 3 ].…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 99%