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Synthesis of Conductive Cu-core / Ag-subshell / polyaniline-shell Nanocomposites and their Antimicrobial Activity

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Last updated: 01 Jan 2025

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Polymer chemistry

Abstract

Core shell technique was used to synthesize conductive Cu-core / Ag-subshell / polyaniline-shell nanocomposites (NCs) and evaluating their antimicrobial activities. This was achieved through two stages, firstly different Cu/Ag core shell nanoparticles (Cu/Ag NPs) were prepared (C/A1, C/A3, C/A5), using electroless plating technique by reduction of AgNO3 in alcoholic dispersion of Cu NPs at three different weight ratios of AgNO3: Cu. Secondly, the prepared Cu/Ag NPs were further coated with polyaniline (PANI) by oxidative polymerization of aniline in their aqueous dispersions to form PANI/(Cu/Ag) NCs (NC1, NC3, NC5). XRD patterns of Cu/Ag NPs revealed their bimetallic crystalline structure. SEM micrographs and EDAX data proved formation of Ag thin shell on the surface of Cu core. The concentration of this silvery layer increased from ≈ 38% (C/A1) to 68% (C/A5). SEM and EDAX data of NCs, showed that PANI film wrapped 60% to 63% of Cu/Ag NPs surface that Cu nearly diminished. The synthesized NCs possessed good electrical conductivity that increased with Ag content from 0.52 S/m (NC1) to13 (NC5) S/m. Good antimicrobial activities (antibacterial and antifungal), of Cu/Ag NPs and their NCs were obtained. Such good conductivity and antimicrobial activity nominate the NCs to be applied in electronic and biotechnical fields.

DOI

10.21608/ejchem.2018.3969.1347

Keywords

Cu/Ag core shell nanoparticles, polyaniline nanocomposites, electrical conductivity, antimicrobial activity

Authors

First Name

Ragia

Last Name

Mohsen

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Affiliation

Polymers and Pigments Dept. National Research Centre

Email

rajiamohsen@yahoo.com

City

Cairo

Orcid

0000-0002-6527-7639

First Name

Samir

Last Name

Mohamed

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-

Affiliation

Polymers and Pigments Dept. National Research Centre

Email

samirmchemist@gmail.com

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-

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First Name

Yosreya

Last Name

Abu-ayana

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-

Affiliation

Polymers and Pigments Dept. National Research Centre

Email

yosreya20@gmail.com

City

cairo

Orcid

-

First Name

Ahmed

Last Name

Ghoneim

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-

Affiliation

Department of Microwave Physics and Dielectric, National Research Center

Email

ahmagy@yahoo.com

City

cairo

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-

Volume

61

Article Issue

5

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2054

Issue Date

2018-10-01

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2018-05-28

Publish Date

2018-10-01

Page Start

939

Page End

952

Print ISSN

0449-2285

Online ISSN

2357-0245

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https://ejchem.journals.ekb.eg/article_9946.html

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297

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Egyptian Journal of Chemistry

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https://ejchem.journals.ekb.eg/

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Synthesis of Conductive Cu-core / Ag-subshell / polyaniline-shell Nanocomposites and their Antimicrobial Activity

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22 Jan 2023