Polymer/Ag composite microspheres produced by water-in-oil-in-water emulsion polymerization and their application for a preservative

Autor: Jung Eun Lee, Jin Woong Kim, Seung-Geun Oh, Jung-Bae Jun, Kyung-Do Suh, Hak-Hee Kang, Jee-Hyun Ryu
Rok vydání: 2004
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Zdroj: Colloid & Polymer Science. 282:295-299
ISSN: 1435-1536
0303-402X
Popis: Nanosized Ag particles were entrapped successfully in multihollow porous poly(methyl methacrylate) (PMMA) microspheres by water-in-oil-in-water emulsion polymerization. The structure of the PMMA/Ag microspheres prepared was characterized by scanning electron microscopy and X-ray powder diffraction analysis. It was found that the Ag nanoparticles were impregnated in the inner voids of the microspheres and they had a face-centered cubic structure. In the preservation test, the PMMA/Ag microspheres showed a powerful antibacterial performance, indicating that the Ag ions released effectively through the nanosized pore channel of the PMMA wall.
Databáze: OpenAIRE