Preparation of Nanocomposite Alginate Fibers Modified with Titanium Dioxide and Zinc Oxide
Active dressings based on natural polymers are becoming increasingly popular on the market. One of such polymers is alginate, which is characterized by biodegradability, resorbability, has no carcinogenic properties, does not have allergenic or hemostatic properties, and has a confirmed lack of toxi...
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| author | Dominik Borkowski Izabella Krucińska Zbigniew Draczyński |
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| description | Active dressings based on natural polymers are becoming increasingly popular on the market. One of such polymers is alginate, which is characterized by biodegradability, resorbability, has no carcinogenic properties, does not have allergenic or hemostatic properties, and has a confirmed lack of toxicity. However, this polymer does not show biocidal and biostatic properties, therefore the purpose of this research was to select the appropriate conditions for the production of calcium alginate fibers modified with nano titanium dioxide and nano zinc oxide. It was assumed that the presence of nano metal oxide fillers will give antibacterial properties to formed fibers, which were used to form nonwovens. The following article presents a comparative analysis of nonwovens made of alginate fibers, without nano additives, with nonwovens made of alginate fibers containing in their structure 7% titanium dioxide and nonwovens made of alginate fibers containing 2% ZnO. The selection of the nano additive content was determined by the spinning ability of the developed polymer solutions. Based on the results contained in the article, it was found that the introduction of modifiers in the structure of fibers increases the diameter of the fiber pores, which improves the sorption and retention properties of the obtained fibers, and also gives differentiated antibacterial properties to the obtained nonwovens depending on the type of nano additive used. Greater activity against Escherichia coli, Staphylococcus aureus strains and Aspergillus Niger molds was shown in nonwovens made of 2% ZnO modified fibers compared to nonwovens made from TiO<sub>2</sub> modified fibers. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-b850dea371ce48198d7533198922728a2023-11-19T23:22:25ZengMDPI AGPolymers2073-43602020-05-01125104010.3390/polym12051040Preparation of Nanocomposite Alginate Fibers Modified with Titanium Dioxide and Zinc OxideDominik Borkowski0Izabella Krucińska1Zbigniew Draczyński2Institute of Textile Materials and Polymer Composites, Lodz University of Technology, Żeromskiego 116, 90-924 Lodz, PolandInstitute of Textile Materials and Polymer Composites, Lodz University of Technology, Żeromskiego 116, 90-924 Lodz, PolandInstitute of Textile Materials and Polymer Composites, Lodz University of Technology, Żeromskiego 116, 90-924 Lodz, PolandActive dressings based on natural polymers are becoming increasingly popular on the market. One of such polymers is alginate, which is characterized by biodegradability, resorbability, has no carcinogenic properties, does not have allergenic or hemostatic properties, and has a confirmed lack of toxicity. However, this polymer does not show biocidal and biostatic properties, therefore the purpose of this research was to select the appropriate conditions for the production of calcium alginate fibers modified with nano titanium dioxide and nano zinc oxide. It was assumed that the presence of nano metal oxide fillers will give antibacterial properties to formed fibers, which were used to form nonwovens. The following article presents a comparative analysis of nonwovens made of alginate fibers, without nano additives, with nonwovens made of alginate fibers containing in their structure 7% titanium dioxide and nonwovens made of alginate fibers containing 2% ZnO. The selection of the nano additive content was determined by the spinning ability of the developed polymer solutions. Based on the results contained in the article, it was found that the introduction of modifiers in the structure of fibers increases the diameter of the fiber pores, which improves the sorption and retention properties of the obtained fibers, and also gives differentiated antibacterial properties to the obtained nonwovens depending on the type of nano additive used. Greater activity against Escherichia coli, Staphylococcus aureus strains and Aspergillus Niger molds was shown in nonwovens made of 2% ZnO modified fibers compared to nonwovens made from TiO<sub>2</sub> modified fibers.https://www.mdpi.com/2073-4360/12/5/1040alginate fiberstitanium (IV) oxidezinc oxideFTIRWAXSsorption |
| spellingShingle | Dominik Borkowski Izabella Krucińska Zbigniew Draczyński Preparation of Nanocomposite Alginate Fibers Modified with Titanium Dioxide and Zinc Oxide Polymers alginate fibers titanium (IV) oxide zinc oxide FTIR WAXS sorption |
| title | Preparation of Nanocomposite Alginate Fibers Modified with Titanium Dioxide and Zinc Oxide |
| title_full | Preparation of Nanocomposite Alginate Fibers Modified with Titanium Dioxide and Zinc Oxide |
| title_fullStr | Preparation of Nanocomposite Alginate Fibers Modified with Titanium Dioxide and Zinc Oxide |
| title_full_unstemmed | Preparation of Nanocomposite Alginate Fibers Modified with Titanium Dioxide and Zinc Oxide |
| title_short | Preparation of Nanocomposite Alginate Fibers Modified with Titanium Dioxide and Zinc Oxide |
| title_sort | preparation of nanocomposite alginate fibers modified with titanium dioxide and zinc oxide |
| topic | alginate fibers titanium (IV) oxide zinc oxide FTIR WAXS sorption |
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