Non-Invasive Approaches for the Evaluation of the Functionalization of Melamine Foams with In-Situ Synthesized Silver Nanoparticles

Barroso-Solares, Suset; Cimavilla-Roman, Paula; Rodriguez-Perez, Miguel Angel; Pinto, Javier

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Non-Invasive Approaches for the Evaluation of the Functionalization of Melamine Foams with In-Situ Synthesized Silver Nanoparticles

Suset Barroso-Solares

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Paula Cimavilla-Roman

Miguel Angel Rodriguez-Perez

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Javier Pinto

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Cellular Materials Laboratory (CellMat), Condensed Matter Physics Department, University of Valladolid, 47011 Valladolid, Spain

BioecoUVA Research Institute, University of Valladolid, 47011 Valladolid, Spain

Group UVASENS, Escuela de Ingenierías Industriales, University of Valladolid, Paseo del Cauce, 59, 47011 Valladolid, Spain

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Polymers 2020, 12(5), 996; https://doi.org/10.3390/polym12050996

Received: 11 April 2020 / Revised: 22 April 2020 / Accepted: 23 April 2020 / Published: 25 April 2020

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Functionalization Procedures and Emerging Applications of Polymer Foams and Composites)

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The use of polymeric nanocomposites has arisen as a promising solution to take advantage of the properties of nanoparticles (NPs) in diverse applications (e.g., water treatment, catalysis), while overcoming the drawbacks of free-standing nanoparticles (e.g., aggregation or accidental release). In most of the cases, the amount and size of the NPs will affect the stability of the composite as well as their performance. Therefore, a detailed characterization of the NPs present on the nanocomposites, including their quantification, is of vital importance for the optimization of these systems. However, the determination of the NPs load is often carried out by destructive techniques such as TGA or ICP-OES, the development of non-invasive approaches to that aim being necessary. In this work, the amount of silver NPs synthesized directly on the surface of melamine (ME) foams is studied using two non-invasive approaches: colorimetry and X-ray radiography. The obtained results show that the amount of silver NPs can be successfully determined from the luminosity and global color changes of the surface of the foams, as well as from the X-ray attenuance. View Full-Text

Keywords: noble metal nanoparticles; polymer foam; nanocomposites; colorimetry; X-ray radiography

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Barroso-Solares, S.; Cimavilla-Roman, P.; Rodriguez-Perez, M.A.; Pinto, J. Non-Invasive Approaches for the Evaluation of the Functionalization of Melamine Foams with In-Situ Synthesized Silver Nanoparticles. Polymers 2020, 12, 996. https://doi.org/10.3390/polym12050996

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Barroso-Solares S, Cimavilla-Roman P, Rodriguez-Perez MA, Pinto J. Non-Invasive Approaches for the Evaluation of the Functionalization of Melamine Foams with In-Situ Synthesized Silver Nanoparticles. Polymers. 2020; 12(5):996. https://doi.org/10.3390/polym12050996

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Barroso-Solares, Suset, Paula Cimavilla-Roman, Miguel A. Rodriguez-Perez, and Javier Pinto. 2020. "Non-Invasive Approaches for the Evaluation of the Functionalization of Melamine Foams with In-Situ Synthesized Silver Nanoparticles" Polymers 12, no. 5: 996. https://doi.org/10.3390/polym12050996

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