Durable antibacterial Ag/polyacrylonitrile (Ag/PAN) hybrid nanofibers prepared by atmospheric plasma treatment and electrospinning

In situ preparation of silver–polyacrylonitrile nanocomposite fibres

“…However, in such conditions the reduction takes place slowly, within 7 days, and only after this time fibres can be produced using the electrospinning method [20]. The reduction of silver ions in the aforementioned system also occurs by subjecting the polymeric solution to the plasma treatment [21]. As a result of a reduction using the plasma, silver nanoparticles with a diameter of 3-6 nm were formed.…”

Copolymers of acrylonitrile with quaternizable thiazole and triazole side-chain methacrylates as potent antimicrobial and hemocompatible systems

“…In the last years, PAN copolymers have evolved a large variety of products based on blends, ultrathin membranes, precursors of carbon fibers, and nanofibers by electrospinning [14][15][16]. Due to its importance in textile, water treatment or medicinal industries, many strategies are found to develop antimicrobial PAN materials in the latest years [9,[16][17][18][19][20][21][22][23][24]. For instance, recent research has focused on antimicrobial PAN nanofibers by adding silver nanoparticles [22,25,26], blends with other bioactive polymers [20,21,27], composites [19,23,28,29], chemical modification [30] or even adding antibiotics [18,22,25,31].…”

More Insight on Charcterization of Nano-sized Particles of Silver Powder and their Application in Antimicrobial Wound Dressing and Anti-inflammatory Efficacy

“…The presence of the silver peak is also confirmed by Energy Dispersive spectroscopy (20) (shown along with SEM image) of the corresponding fabric. Figure 5 discloses the EDX for cotton fabrics loaded with AgNPs at a concentration of 250 ppm.…”