Antifouling membranes prepared by electrospinning polylactic acid containing biocidal nanoparticles

• Main Authors: Dasari, Aravind, Quirós, Jennifer, Herrero, Berta, Boltes, Karina, García-Calvo, Eloy, Rosal, Roberto
• Other Authors: School of Materials Science & Engineering
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: 2013
• Subjects: DRNTU::Engineering::Materials
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/100528; http://hdl.handle.net/10220/13625
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

We prepared non-woven electrospun polylactic acid (PLA) membranes containing functionalized sepiolite fibrillar particles (5 wt%). Biocidal activity was achieved by functionalizing sepiolite fibers with Ag (26 wt%) and Cu (26 wt%), which were embedded in the fiber surface. Sepiolite particles were n...