Green Procedure to Manufacture Nanoparticle-Decorated Paper Substrates
Werner Schlemmer 1
, Wolfgang Fischer 1, Armin Zankel 2, Tomislava Vukušić 3, Gregor Filipič 4, Andrea Jurov 4,5, Damjan Blažeka 6, Walter Goessler 7, Wolfgang Bauer 1, Stefan Spirk 1,* and Nikša Krstulović 6,*
, Wolfgang Fischer 1, Armin Zankel 2, Tomislava Vukušić 3, Gregor Filipič 4, Andrea Jurov 4,5, Damjan Blažeka 6, Walter Goessler 7, Wolfgang Bauer 1, Stefan Spirk 1,* and Nikša Krstulović 6,*
1
Institute of Paper-, Pulp- and Fibre Technology (IPZ), Graz University of Technology, Inffeldgasse 23, 8010 Graz, Austria
2
Institute of Electron Microscopy and Nanoanalysis (FELMI), Steyrergasse 17, 8010 Graz, Austria
3
Faculty of Food Technology and Biotechnology, University of Zagreb, Pierottijeva 6, 10000 Zagreb, Croatia
4
Jožef Stefan Institute, Jamova 39, Ljubljana 1000, Slovenia
5
Jožef Stefan International Postgraduate School, Jamova 39, Ljubljana 1000, Slovenia
6
Institute of Physics, Bijenička 46, 10000 Zagreb, Croatia
7
Institute of Chemistry, University of Graz, Universitaetsplatz 1, 8010 Graz, Austria
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Materials 2018, 11(12), 2412; https://doi.org/10.3390/ma11122412
Received: 30 October 2018 / Revised: 20 November 2018 / Accepted: 26 November 2018 / Published: 29 November 2018
(This article belongs to the Special Issue Surface Modification to Improve Properties of Materials)
Abstract
For this study, a paper impregnated with silver nanoparticles (AgNPs) was prepared. To prepare the substrates, aqueous suspensions of pulp fines, a side product from the paper production, were mixed with AgNP suspensions. The nanoparticle (NP) synthesis was then carried out via laser ablation of pure Ag in water. After the sheet formation process, the leaching of the AgNPs was determined to be low while the sheets exhibited antimicrobial activity toward Escherichia coli (E. coli). View Full-TextKeywords:
silver nanoparticles; laser ablation in liquids; laser synthesis of colloidal nanoparticles solution; nanoparticle-impregnated paper; antimicrobial activity; fiber fines; sheet forming; vacuum filtration
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Schlemmer, W.; Fischer, W.; Zankel, A.; Vukušić, T.; Filipič, G.; Jurov, A.; Blažeka, D.; Goessler, W.; Bauer, W.; Spirk, S.; Krstulović, N. Green Procedure to Manufacture Nanoparticle-Decorated Paper Substrates. Materials 2018, 11, 2412.
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