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- Title
Electrospun polyvinyl alcohol membranes incorporated with green synthesized silver nanoparticles for wound dressing applications.
- Authors
Augustine, Robin; Hasan, Anwarul; Yadu Nath, V. K; Thomas, Jince; Augustine, Anitha; Kalarikkal, Nandakumar; Moustafa, Ala-Eddin Al; Thomas, Sabu
- Abstract
Electrospun membranes have the potential to act as an effective barrier for wounds from the external environment to prevent pathogens. In addition, materials with good antibacterial properties can effectively fight off the invading pathogens. In this paper, we report the development of a novel electrospun polyvinyl alcohol (PVA) membrane containing biosynthesized silver nanoparticle (bAg) for wound dressing applications. Plant extract from a medicinal plant Mimosa pudica was utilized for the synthesis of bAg. Synthesized bAg were characterized by Ultraviolet-Visible (UV) Spectroscopy and Fourier Transform Infrared Spectroscopy (FTIR). The morphology of bAg was obtained from Transmission Electron Microscopy (TEM) and found that they were spherical in morphology with average particle size 7.63 ± 1.2 nm. bAg nanoparticles incorporated PVA membranes were characterized using several physicochemical techniques such as Scanning Electron Microscopy (SEM), Energy Dispersive X-Ray Spectroscopy (EDS) and X-Ray Diffraction (XRD) analysis. Experimental results confirmed the successful incorporation of bAg in PVA fibers. PVA nanofiber membranes incorporated with bAg showed good mechanical strength, excellent exudate uptake capacity, antibacterial activity, blood compatibility and cytocompatibility.
- Subjects
POLYVINYL alcohol; BIOLOGICAL membranes; SILVER nanoparticles; ELECTROSPINNING; NANOFIBERS; BIOSYNTHESIS; WOUND healing
- Publication
Journal of Materials Science: Materials in Medicine, 2018, Vol 29, Issue 11, p1
- ISSN
0957-4530
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1007/s10856-018-6169-7