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T1 Non-Invasive Approaches for the Evaluation of the Functionalization of Melamine Foams with In-Situ Synthesized Silver Nanoparticles
A1 Barroso Solares, Suset
A1 Cimavilla Román, Paula
A1 Rodríguez Pérez, Miguel Ángel
A1 Pinto Sanz, Javier
AB The use of polymeric nanocomposites has arisen as a promising solution to take advantage of the properties of nanoparticles (NPs) in diverse applications (e.g., water treatment, catalysis), while overcoming the drawbacks of free-standing nanoparticles (e.g., aggregation or accidental release). In most of the cases, the amount and size of the NPs will affect the stability of the composite as well as their performance. Therefore, a detailed characterization of the NPs present on the nanocomposites, including their quantification, is of vital importance for the optimization of these systems. However, the determination of the NPs load is often carried out by destructive techniques such as TGA or ICP-OES, the development of non-invasive approaches to that aim being necessary. In this work, the amount of silver NPs synthesized directly on the surface of melamine (ME) foams is studied using two non-invasive approaches: colorimetry and X-ray radiography. The obtained results show that the amount of silver NPs can be successfully determined from the luminosity and global color changes of the surface of the foams, as well as from the X-ray attenuance.
PB MDPI
YR 2020
FD 2020
LK http://uvadoc.uva.es/handle/10324/42101
UL http://uvadoc.uva.es/handle/10324/42101
LA spa
NO Polymers 2020, 12, 996
NO Producción Científica
DS UVaDOC
RD 27-dic-2024