Canama Gibson Jake C, Delco Monica Claire L, Talandron Rhoel A, Tan Noel Peter
Department of Chemical Engineering, University of San Carlos, Talamban Campus, Cebu City 6000, Philippines.
Department of Chemical Engineering, College of Technology, University of San Agustin, Iloilo City 5000, Philippines.
ACS Omega. 2023 May 10;8(20):17699-17711. doi: 10.1021/acsomega.3c00191. eCollection 2023 May 23.
An easy and environment-friendly route for antibacterial coating suited for mobile phone glass protectors was successfully demonstrated. In this route, freshly prepared chitosan solution in 1% v/v acetic acid was added with 0.1 M silver nitrate solution and 0.1 M sodium hydroxide solution and incubated with agitation at 70 °C to form chitosan-silver nanoparticles (ChAgNPs). Varied concentrations of chitosan solution (i.e., 0.1, 0.2, 0.4, 0.6, and 0.8% w/v) were used to investigate its particle size, size distribution, and later on, its antibacterial activity. Transmission electron microscope (TEM) imaging revealed that the smallest average diameter of silver nanoparticles (AgNPs) was 13.04 nm from 0.8% w/v chitosan solution. Further characterizations of the optimal nanocomposite formulation using UV-vis spectroscopy and Fourier transfer infrared spectroscopy were also performed. Using a dynamic light scattering zetasizer, the average ζ-potential of the optimal ChAgNP formulation was at +56.07 mV, showing high aggregative stability and an average ChAgNP size of 182.37 nm. The ChAgNP nanocoating on glass protectors shows antibacterial activity against (E. coli) at 24 and 48 h of contact. However, the antibacterial activity decreased from 49.80% (24 h) to 32.60% (48 h).
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