AgBr and AgCl nanoparticle doped TEMPO-oxidized microfiber cellulose as a starting material for antimicrobial filter

Present work covers the state-of-art progress in the advanced nanoarchitecture of organic-inorganic hybrid material; a starting material for the antimicrobial filter. TEMPO-mediated oxidation of microfiber cellulose was carried out to introduce the surface active carboxyl groups. Accordingly, qualitative and quantitative substitution of a functional group was investigated using FTIR, Solid state ¹³C CP/MAS NMR, and potentiometric titration; the reaction resulted to about 21.06% increase in carboxylate content. Further, the microwave irradiated (600 W) in-situ synthesis of AgBr and AgCl nanocubes were prepared and doped on carboxylated microfiber. The prepared AgBr@TO-MF and AgCl@TO-MF were tested using XRD, XPS, SEM and FTIR. With an average size of AgBr and AgCl nanocubes of around 200 ± 28 nm and 116 ± 10.73 nm. Whereas, AgBr@TO-MF and AgCl@TO-MF shown excellent antimicrobial activity against E. Coli and B. Subtilis, with MIC at around 200 μg/mL and 150 μg/mL, respectively. Fascinatingly, ICP-OES analysis estimated the silver leached was around 0.1 ppm.