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Functionalized PVA/PDMS-Modified Nanocomposite Electrospun Film with Tertiary Roughness for Humid and Bacterial Applications

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The purpose of this paper was to construct a porous micro-surface with a rough tertiary structure and to prepare a long-term sustained-release of antibacterial hydrophobic membrane in moist, multi-extreme environments. The hydrophobic groups were cross-linked by mixing, electrostatic spraying and impregnation at the hydroxide end of the PVA. When the contact angle of the membrane surface was increased from 30.8° to 140.3° and up to 156° in aqueous solution at pH 11, the membrane showed super-hydrophobicity. Adding nanoparticles to the spray layer to construct porous microspheres could increase the surface of the membrane and improve the slow-release effect of PVA-coated silver nanoparticles. Silver nanoparticles had been added to various locations of the hydrophobic composite membrane layer, and their antibacterial properties had been investigated in wet and dry environments. The results showed that the antibacterial effect of embedding in the PVA fiber layer on Escherichia coli and Staphylococcus aureus was optimum, and when the antibacterial circle was up to 3.1 cm, the sustained-release durability was the optimum. It was found that the composite PDMS/\({\mathrm{TiO}}_{2}\) antibacterial hydrophobic membranes on the surface could be recycled and reused.

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A tertiary rough porous structured membrane was prepared by electrostatic spinning and spray lamination.

The tertiary roughness structure improved the contact angle and antibacterial properties of the composite film.

Nano-silver loaded in PVA can be effectively sustained-released by surface composite porous microspheres.

The hydrophilic material PVA reached super-hydrophobicity under alkaline solutions.

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I sincerely thank Prof. Xinmei Li and the National Natural Science Foundation (52161017, 51865055) of China for their help and support, as well as the regional research and innovation project (XJ2022G048), which I chaired and the Xinjiang Institute of Physics and Chemistry and its testing staff for their help.

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Yang, R., Li, X. Functionalized PVA/PDMS-Modified Nanocomposite Electrospun Film with Tertiary Roughness for Humid and Bacterial Applications. Fibers Polym 24, 1237–1251 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12221-023-00099-7

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