Toward Tailor-Made Biocide Materials Based on Poly(propylene)/Copper Nanoparticles
✍ Scribed by Humberto Palza; Sebastian Gutiérrez; Katherine Delgado; Oriana Salazar; Victor Fuenzalida; Jonathan I. Avila; Guillermo Figueroa; Raúl Quijada
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 2010
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 280 KB
- Volume
- 31
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 1022-1336
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✦ Synopsis
Abstract
A set of poly(propylene) composites containing different amounts of copper nanoparticles (CNP) were prepared by the melt mixed method and their antimicrobial behavior was quantitatively studied. The time needed to reduce the bacteria to 50% dropped to half with only 1 v/v % of CNP, compared to the polymer without CNP. After 4 h, this composite killed more than 99.9% of the bacteria. The biocide kinetics can be controlled by the nanofiller content; composites with CNP concentrations higher than 10 v/v % eliminated 99% of the bacteria in less than 2 h. X‐ray photoelectron spectroscopy did not detect CNP at the surface, therefore the biocide behavior was attributed to copper in the bulk of the composite.
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