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Nanocomposite fibers of polyamide 6 (PA6) and hydroxyapatite (HA) were prepared and doped with silver to investigate antibacterial activities due to good potential for textile modification. Nano-sized HA could be synthesized using agarose and ethanol as thickener and washing medium, respectively. The PA6/HA nanocomposite fibers could be doped with silver by dipping the fibers having HA in aqueous AgNO3 solution containing 300 ppm of Ag ion for 1 min utilizing HA as a carrier to load silver through ion-exchange mechanism. It was found that silver was successfully doped to PA6/HA nanocomposite fibers from the EDS spectra. The nanocomposite fibers containing 3.3 wt% of HA after silver doping demonstrated such excellent antibacterial activities against K. pneumonia and E. coli that they are expected to serve as functional antibacterial materials in various application fields.
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Le, D.H., Min, B.G. Preparation and antibacterial properties of nanocomposite fibers made of polyamide 6 and silver-doped hydroxyapatite. Fibers Polym 15, 1921–1926 (2014). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12221-014-1921-1
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