Open AccessFacile Solventless Synthesis of a Nylon-6,6/Silver Nanoparticles Composite and Its XPS Study
Author(s) -
Raúl A. MoralesLuckie,
Víctor SánchezMendieta,
Oscar Olea-Mejía,
Alfredo R. Vilchis-Néstor,
Gustavo LópezTéllez,
Víctor Varela-Guerrero,
L. Huerta,
Jesús ArenasAlatorre
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
international journal of polymer science
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.399
H-Index - 33
eISSN - 1687-9430
pISSN - 1687-9422
DOI - 10.1155/2013/235850
Subject(s) - x ray photoelectron spectroscopy , materials science , silver nanoparticle , nylon 6 , nanoparticle , transmission electron microscopy , nanoreactor , chemical engineering , composite number , amide , polymer chemistry , nanotechnology , composite material , organic chemistry , chemistry , polymer , engineering
Silver nanoparticles were synthesized and supported on thin nylon membranes by means of a simple method of impregnation and chemical reduction of Ag ions at ambient conditions. Particles of less than 10 nm were obtained using this methodology, in which the nylon fibers behave as constrained nanoreactors. Pores on nylon fibres along with oxygen and nitrogen from amide moieties in nylon provide effective sites for in situ reduction of silver ions and for the formation and stabilization of Ag nanoparticles. Transmission electron microscopy (TEM) analysis showed that silver nanoparticles are well dispersed throughout the nylon fibers. Furthermore, an interaction between nitrogen of amides moieties of nylon-6,6 and silver nanoparticles has been found by X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS)
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