Antimicrobial textile modified with silver nanoparticles in-situ synthesized using weed leaves extract

Abstract

Silver nanoparticles (AgNPs) presence has considerable impact on microbial growth. In this paper, AgNPs was deposited on surface of four textiles to enhance the anti-microbial properties using immersion technique. Immersion technique was selected since it was simple, no need high energies, and no additional equipment required. In addition, AgNPs was synthesized using in situ-bio technique which is non-toxic, harmless and eco-friendly approach. Four textiles were evaluated, such as TA, TB, TC and TD. The finding projected that antifungal ability was correlated to the type of the textiles. TC textile has the significant antimicrobial activity with 12.33 ± 2.08 of inhibition zone which followed by TD (16.00 ± 3.46), TB (17.67 ± 7.09), and TA (17.67 ± 6.65). In addition, the surface bonding AgNPs on textile was possibility caused by the -OH group. It has a lone pair of electrons on the O atom that can interact with AgNPs to form –OAg bonds.

Modified polymer membranes for the removal of pharmaceutical active compounds in wastewater and its mechanism-A review

“…By coating or grafting technique, several nanoparticles have been proposed to be deposited on the membrane surface, such as Ag, Pd, TiO 2 , and SiO 2 [ 106 ; 107 ]. Their presence on the membrane surface provides membrane fouling mitigation and offers other properties, such as antimicrobial properties [ 86 ; 108 ] and self-cleaning properties [ 109 ]. Besides deposited nanoparticles in the membrane surface, using ultraviolet pre-treatment for the membrane before applying it to the separation process is believed to enhance membrane performance regarding fouling mitigation.…”