Abstract
Carbon materials have been widely used in the field of water treatment. However, a drawback of this kind of materials is that bacteria breeding on their surface may deteriorate water quality. Herein, antibacterial carbonized bacterial cellulose (CBC) composites with well-dispersed silver nanoparticle were synthesized, using bacterial cellulose (BC) as inexpensive and abundant source of carbon. The formed composites (Ag@CBC) were characterized by various physicochemical characterization. The results showed that the Ag nanoparticle amount, surface and porous structure of the Ag@CBC were dependent on initial concentration of AgNO3 solution. As an antibacterial material, Ag@CBC samples exhibited excellent antibacterial activity. The minimal inhibitory concentrations of Ag@CBC with 1.9 % Ag such as 12 μg/mL (against S. aureus) and 8 μg/mL (against E. coli), which have very promising application in water purification.
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