Preparation and In-Vitro Assessment of Hierarchal Organized Antibacterial Breath Mask Based on Polyacrylonitrile/Silver (PAN/AgNPs) Nanofiber
Davood Kharaghani,
Muhammad Qamar Khan,
Amir Shahrzad,
Yuma Inoue,
Takahiro Yamamoto,
Selene Rozet,
Yasushi Tamada,
Ick Soo Kim
Affiliations
Davood Kharaghani
Nano Fusion Technology Research Group, Division of Frontier Fibers, Institute for Fiber Engineering (IFES-), Interdisciplinary Cluster for Cutting Edge Research (ICCER), Shinshu University, Tokida 3-15-1, Ueda, Nagano 386-8567, Japan
Muhammad Qamar Khan
Nano Fusion Technology Research Group, Division of Frontier Fibers, Institute for Fiber Engineering (IFES-), Interdisciplinary Cluster for Cutting Edge Research (ICCER), Shinshu University, Tokida 3-15-1, Ueda, Nagano 386-8567, Japan
Amir Shahrzad
Faculty of engineering, National Textile University Faisalabad, Faisalabad, 37610 Pakistan
Yuma Inoue
Nano Fusion Technology Research Group, Division of Frontier Fibers, Institute for Fiber Engineering (IFES-), Interdisciplinary Cluster for Cutting Edge Research (ICCER), Shinshu University, Tokida 3-15-1, Ueda, Nagano 386-8567, Japan
Takahiro Yamamoto
Nano Fusion Technology Research Group, Division of Frontier Fibers, Institute for Fiber Engineering (IFES-), Interdisciplinary Cluster for Cutting Edge Research (ICCER), Shinshu University, Tokida 3-15-1, Ueda, Nagano 386-8567, Japan
Selene Rozet
Faculty of Textile Science and Technology Bioresource and Environmental Science, Shinshu University, Tokida 3-15-1, Ueda, Nagano 386-8567, Japan
Yasushi Tamada
Faculty of Textile Science and Technology Bioresource and Environmental Science, Shinshu University, Tokida 3-15-1, Ueda, Nagano 386-8567, Japan
Ick Soo Kim
Nano Fusion Technology Research Group, Division of Frontier Fibers, Institute for Fiber Engineering (IFES-), Interdisciplinary Cluster for Cutting Edge Research (ICCER), Shinshu University, Tokida 3-15-1, Ueda, Nagano 386-8567, Japan
In this report, we designed and synthesized polyacrylonitrile/silver (PAN/AgNPs) nanofibers via an in-situ method to obtain a washable with high-dispersed silver nanoparticles membrane to form the hierarchically organized antibacterial mask to prevent the two-way effect of bacteria from person to environment and environment to person. For this objective, the electrospun PAN nanofibers were stabilized via the heating method. Different amounts of AgNPs were loaded into the PAN nanofibers by using silver nitrate and sodium hydroxide solutions. The basic results showed that AgNPs was homogenously loaded in PAN nanofiber matrixes. Furthermore, the release profile based on two-stage release theory showed that when the negligible amount of AgNPs was loaded into the nanofibers, the release significantly decreased, whereas antibacterial activity increased. The greatest potential antibacterial activity of the lowest amount of AgNPs showed controllable AgNPs release from PAN nanofibers that has a direct relationship with the washability and could promote the application of the produced product.
