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Antibacterial Activity of Solvothermally Synthesized PVP/EDTA Encapsulated Zinc Sulphide Nanoparticles Embedded in Polyacrylonitrile (PAN) Electrospun Nanofibers

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In the present work, zinc sulphide (ZnS) nanoparticles are synthesized via solvothermal route using different capping agents. The sphalerite phase is detected by X-ray diffraction (XRD) analysis. The morphology of the nanoparticles is confirmed by scanning electron microscopy (SEM) and high resolution transmission electron microscopy (HRTEM). The average particle size is found between 5 and 7 nm as calculated by HRTEM analysis. Energy dispersive X-ray spectroscopy (EDX) specified the desired elemental composition. Bandgap studies are done by UV–visible absorption and the photoluminescence spectroscopy (PL) gives the emission peaks centered at 452 nm and 460 nm. Fourier transform infra-red spectroscopy (FTIR) of ZnS nanoparticles confirmed the presence of various functional groups and showed the encapsulation of capping agents. The cylindrical non-woven network of PAN-ZnS nanofibers synthesized by electrospinning technique as confirmed by SEM and the distribution of nanoparticles in the polymer matrix is confirmed by HRTEM analysis. EDX and FTIR showed the incorporation of ZnS nanoparticles in polymer matrix. The objective of the present work is to synthesize the PAN-ZnS composite nanofibers for antibacterial applications. To the best of our knowledge this type of studies using polyacrylonitrile (PAN) as a polymer are not found in the literature showing the novelty of our work.

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One of the authors (Lalita Rani) is thankful to UGC, New Delhi, India for the financial support provided in terms of Junior Research Fellowship. Authors acknowledge the Director, NIT Kurukshetra, India for providing various facilities in the department. We are also thankful to SAIF/CIL laboratory of Punjab University, Chandigarh for providing HRTEM facility.

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LR: Problem formulation, conceptualization, performed experiment, writing the original draft and prepare the final manuscript. R.P.C.: Helped in finalizing the problem and analysis of the results, review and editing.

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Rani, L., Chauhan, R.P. Antibacterial Activity of Solvothermally Synthesized PVP/EDTA Encapsulated Zinc Sulphide Nanoparticles Embedded in Polyacrylonitrile (PAN) Electrospun Nanofibers. J Clust Sci 34, 1789–1804 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10876-022-02353-z

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