Issue 22, 2023
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Materials Advances

Ultrasonic–biogenic synthesis of silver on anodized aluminum with superior antibacterial properties†

Henry Agbe, ORCID logo *a   Dilip Kumar Sarkar,b   X.-Grant Chenb  and  David Dodoo-Arhinc  

* Corresponding authors

a Department of Materials Engineering, College of Engineering, Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, PMB University Post Office, KNUST-Kumasi, Ghana
E-mail: henry.agbe@knust.edu.gh

b Department of Applied Science, University of Québec at Chicoutimi, Aluminum Research Center – REGAL, Chicoutimi, QC, Canada

c Department of Materials Science and Engineering, University of Ghana, P.O. Box LG 77, Legon-Accra, Ghana

Abstract

The design and fabrication of high-touch surfaces with antibacterial properties can reduce microbial burden and subsequent nosocomial infections in a hygiene critical environment. In the present study, biogenic silver nanoparticles (biogenic Ag-NPs) have been synthesized and deposited in situ on an anodized aluminum oxide surface using an ultrasound-assisted onion extract synthesis process. Morphological features and chemical composition have been characterized using scanning electron microscopy (SEM), energy dispersive X-ray spectroscopy (EDS), X-ray diffraction (XRD) spectroscopy, UV-Vis absorption spectroscopy and attenuated total reflection-Fourier transform infrared (ATR-FTIR) spectroscopy. The biogenic Ag-NP-coated anodized aluminum exhibited 100% E. coli bacteria inactivation under 60 minutes of contact.

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DOI
https://doi.org/10.1039/D3MA00366C
Article type
Paper
Submitted
05 Jul 2023
Accepted
09 Oct 2023
First published
19 Oct 2023
This article is Open Access
Creative Commons BY-NC license

Mater. Adv., 2023,4, 5546-5555

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Ultrasonic–biogenic synthesis of silver on anodized aluminum with superior antibacterial properties

H. Agbe, D. K. Sarkar, X.-Grant Chen and D. Dodoo-Arhin, Mater. Adv., 2023, 4, 5546 DOI: 10.1039/D3MA00366C

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