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Title: Durable antimicrobial behaviour from silver-graphene coated medical textile composites
Authors: Noor, N 
Mutalik, S 
Younas, MW 
Chan, CY 
Thakur, S 
Wang, FM 
Yao, MZ 
Mou, QQ 
Leung, PHM 
Issue Date: 3-Dec-2019
Source: Polymers, 3 Dec. 2019, v. 11, no. 12, 2000, p. 1-21
Abstract: Silver nanoparticle (AgNP) and AgNP/reduced graphene oxide (rGO) nanocomposite impregnated medical grade polyviscose textile pads were formed using a facile, surface-mediated wet chemical solution-dipping process, without further annealing. Surfaces were sequentially treated in situ with a sodium borohydride (NaBH4) reducing agent, prior to formation, deposition, and fixation of Ag nanostructures and/or rGO nanosheets throughout porous non-woven (i.e., randomly interwoven) fibrous scaffolds. There was no need for stabilising agent use. The surface morphology of the treated fabrics and the reaction mechanism were characterised by Fourier transform infrared (FTIR) spectra, ultraviolet-visible (UV-Vis) absorption spectra, X-ray diffraction (XRD), Raman spectroscopy, dynamic light scattering (DLS) energy-dispersive X-ray analysis (EDS), and scanning electron microscopic (SEM). XRD and EDS confirmed the presence of pure-phase metallic silver. Variation of reducing agent concentration allowed control over characteristic plasmon absorption of AgNP while SEM imaging, EDS, and DLS confirmed the presence of and dispersion of Ag particles, with smaller agglomerates existing with concurrent rGO use, which also coincided with enhanced AgNP loading. The composites demonstrated potent antimicrobial activity against the clinically relevant gram-negative Escherichia coli (a key causative bacterial agent of healthcare-associated infections; HAIs). The best antibacterial rate achieved for treated substrates was 100% with only a slight decrease (to 90.1%) after 12 equivalent laundering cycles of standard washing. Investigation of silver ion release behaviours through inductively coupled plasmon optical emission spectroscopy (ICP-OES) and laundering durability tests showed that AgNP adhesion was aided by the presence of the rGO host matrix allowing for robust immobilisation of silver nanostructures with relatively high stability, which offered a rapid, convenient, scalable route to conformal NP-decorated and nanocomposite soft matter coatings.
Keywords: In situ reduction
E
Coli
Silver nanoparticle
Polyviscose
Reduced graphene oxide
Publisher: Molecular Diversity Preservation International (MDPI)
Journal: Polymers 
ISSN: 2073-4360
EISSN: 2073-4360
DOI: 10.3390/polym11122000
Rights: © 2019 by the authors. Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).
The following publication Noor, N.; Mutalik, S.; Younas, M.W.; Chan, C.Y.; Thakur, S.; Wang, F.; Yao, M.Z.; Mou, Q.; Leung, P. .-M. Durable Antimicrobial Behaviour from Silver-Graphene Coated Medical Textile Composites. Polymers 2019, 11, 2000, 1-21 is available at https://dx.doi.org/10.3390/polym11122000
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