A membrane based on PVA-Ag is manufactured using the electrospinning technique. This membrane is characterized by the methods: Scattering Electron Microscopy (SEM), Energy Dispertion Scattering (EDS) and X-Ray Difraction (XRD). In addition, its antibacterial properties are evaluated using two different strains of microorganisms: Escherichia coli (E. coli) and Staphylococcus aureus (S. aureus). The results show that when these microorganisms are put in contact with the membrane to based of PVA with 8 % in silver, they would be resistant to die. However, the electrospinning method allows to easily increase the amount of silver to increase the antibacterial efficiency.
Electrospinning, composites membranes, bactericides, triple E
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