Abstract
Simple aqueous solution-based chemical methods have been developed for the synthesis of Ag/AgCl nanoparticle-mesoporous silica nanocomposites. Ag loading in the mesoporous silica was accomplished using a wet-impregnation method. The AgCl-mesoporous silica nanocomposite material (AgCl-mSi) was synthesized by using a 'one pot' method. Synthesized materials were characterized using X-ray diffraction, N-2 adsorption-desorption analysis and high-resolution transmission electron microscopy. Antibacterial activity of the synthesized materials was investigated against Escherichia coil (E. coil) using the conventional plate-count method. All the materials showed high antibacterial activity even when the percentage loading of Ag in the nanocomposite was as low as 10 wt%. (C) 2011 Chinese Society of Particuology and Institute of Process Engineering, Chinese Academy of Sciences. Published by Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 243-247 |
Number of pages | 5 |
Journal | Particuology |
Volume | 9 |
Issue number | 3 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - 1 Jun 2011 |
Keywords
- Mesoporous
- E. coli
- SBA-15
- Silver nanoparticle
- Antibacterial