Silver into nanofibers

Silver nanoparticles introduced Jin, W.-J., et al. (2005) into nanofibers. Two methods to prepare PVP nanofibers containing Ag nanoparticles described. 

In addition to in vivo usage, another possible method of delivery of the silver-NHC complexes is the integration of these compounds into nanoparticles or nanofibers to form fabrics impregnated with silver. These fabrics can be utilized as dressings for chronic ulcers, severe burns, or other difficult-to-heal wounds, with the impregnated silver cations serving as a barrier to bacterial infections... 

SMGs have been used as media for the preparation of nanoparticles of different materials, with a major interest in gold and silver, and as templates for the preparation of one-dimensional nanostractures such as (hoUow) nanofibers, nanowires, and nanoribbons, as well as for controlled growth of pharmaceutical crystals. The porous structures of the gel networks have also been imprinted into polymers. In this chapter, research work in this area will be reviewed. 

Composite nanofibers have been made by electrospinning solutions that contain nanoparticles, such as silica, titania, carbon black, silver, and iron oxides. The nanofiber matrices can be polymer, carbon, or ceramic. For carbon and ceramic matrices, post-electrospinning treatments are needed to convert their precirrsors into carbon and ceramic materials. 

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