Polymers 2018, 10(9), 945; https://doi.org/10.3390/polym10090945
Antibacterial Superabsorbent Polymers from Tara Gum Grafted Poly(Acrylic acid) Embedded Silver Particles
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Key Laboratory of Bio-Based Materials Science and Technology of Ministry of Education, Northeast Forestry University, Harbin 150040, China
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Research Center of Wood Bionic Intelligent Science, Northeast Forestry University, Harbin 150040, China
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Received: 27 June 2018 / Revised: 22 August 2018 / Accepted: 23 August 2018 / Published: 24 August 2018
(This article belongs to the Special Issue Antimicrobial Polymers)
Abstract
Tara gum/silver composite superabsorbent polymers were synthesized with tara gum grafted poly(acrylic acid), using K2S2O8 (KPS) as an initiator and N,N′-methylenebisacrylamide (MBA) as a cross-linker. The products were characterized by Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy (FTIR), X-ray diffraction (XRD), transmission electron microscope (TEM), scanning electron microscope (SEM) and X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS). The results showed that the silver ions were partially reduced to Ag0 and the amorphous nanoparticles containing Ag0 and Ag2O were around 10~50 nm in size The tara gum/silver composite superabsorbent polymers exhibited an interconnected porous structure with strong water absorption capacity. The swelling ratio of each product could reach 473 g/g in distilled water and 62 g/g in 0.9% NaCl solution. The antimicrobial activity of the samples against Staphylococcus aureus and Escherichia coli increased with the addition of AgNO3 from 0 to 125 mg. This work indicates that the developed tara gum/silver composite superabsorbent polymers can be potentially used for biomedical applications. View Full-TextKeywords:
superabsorbent polymers; tara gum; silver; antibacterial properties
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Chi, M.; Liu, C.; Shen, J.; Dong, Z.; Yang, Z.; Wang, L. Antibacterial Superabsorbent Polymers from Tara Gum Grafted Poly(Acrylic acid) Embedded Silver Particles. Polymers 2018, 10, 945.
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