Silver Nanoparticles Loaded on Polyethylene Terephthalate Films Grafted with Chitosan.

ABSTRACT: Currently, polyethylene terephthalate (PET) is one of the most widely used polymeric materials in different sectors such as medicine, engineering, and food, among others, due to its benefits, including biocompatibility, mechanical resistance, and tolerance to chemicals and/or abrasion. However, despite all these excellent characteristics, it is not capable of preventing the proliferation of microorganisms on its surface. Therefore, providing this property to PET remains a difficult challenge. Fortunately, different strategies can be applied to remove microorganisms from the PET surface. In this work, the surface of the PET film was functionalized with amino groups and later with a dicarboxylic acid, allowing a grafting reaction with chitosan chains. Finally, the chitosan coating was loaded

SUBMITTER: Flores-Rojas GG 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9824822 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature