Nanocomposites based on cationic polyelectrolytes and silver nanoparticles: Synthesis,characterization, molybdate retention and antimicrobial activity |
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Authors: | Manuel Palencia Alexander Córdoba Manuel F Melendrez |
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Institution: | 1. Research Group in Science with Technological Applications (GI-CAT), Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Natural and Exact Sciences, Universidad del Valle, Cali, Colombia;2. Mindtech Research Group (Mindtech-RG), Mindtech s.a.s., Cali, Colombia;3. Department of Material Engineering (DIMAT), Faculty of Engineering, Universidad de Concepción, Concepción, Chile |
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Abstract: | The objective of this work was to synthesize nanocomposites based on cationic polyelectrolytes and silver nanoparticles using poly(N-vinylbenzyl-N-triethylammonium chloride) as polymer phase. For that, a nanostructured crosslinker was synthesized from silver nanoparticles (AgNPs) and acrylic acid. Molybdate retention properties of nanocomposites were studied in function of pH and ionic strength. In addition, their antimicrobial properties were evaluated against E. coli and S. aureus. It was evidenced that AgNPs can be stabilized using acrylic acid and that this material can be incorporated to the polymer phase during polymerization by free radical of cationic monomers. The effect of pH on retention of molybdate, by the nanostructured polymer, was significant only to low ionic strength (the order seen was pH 5.0 > pH 7.0 > pH 9.0 for 0.0% NaCl). Results suggest that the main interaction influencing the molybdate retention is electrostatic in nature. Finally, antimicrobial activity was enhanced by incorporation of polymerizable nanostructured crosslinker based on AgNPs. |
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Keywords: | Corresponding author at: Department of Chemistry Universidad del Valle Street 13 N°100-00 Building 320 Off 2063 Campus Melendez Cali Colombia Nanocomposite Polycation Silver nanoparticle Molybdate |
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