TY - JOUR T1 - Preparation, characterization and antibacterial activity of chitosan-g-poly acrylonitrile/silver nanocomposite. AU - Hebeish,A A, AU - Ramadan,M A, AU - Montaser,A S, AU - Farag,Ahmed M, Y1 - 2014/04/24/ PY - 2014/03/22/received PY - 2014/04/07/revised PY - 2014/04/16/accepted PY - 2014/4/29/entrez PY - 2014/4/29/pubmed PY - 2015/1/22/medline KW - Antibacterial activity KW - Chitosan KW - Nanocomposite KW - Poly acrylonitrile KW - Silver nanoparticles SP - 178 EP - 84 JF - International journal of biological macromolecules JO - Int J Biol Macromol VL - 68 N2 - Chitosan-grafted-poly acrylonitrile silver nanocomposites (Cs-g-PAN/Ag) were prepared via in-situ chemical reduction of Ag ions in graft copolymerization of acrylonitrile onto chitosan. Graft copolymerization process was provided by FTIR and gravimetric methods. UV spectra and TEM images show silver nanoparticles with average 15-20nm dispersed homogeneously in CS-g-PAN/Ag nanocomposite-ray and TGA evident the change in crystallography and thermal stability in consequence of presence Ag nanoparticles. Cs-g-PAN/Ag nanocomposite showed excellent antimicrobial performance towards bacteria such as Escherichia coli and Staphylococcus aureus. SN - 1879-0003 UR - https://www.unboundmedicine.com/medline/citation/24768973/Preparation_characterization_and_antibacterial_activity_of_chitosan_g_poly_acrylonitrile/silver_nanocomposite_ DB - PRIME DP - Unbound Medicine ER -