Cellophane and filter paper as cellulosic support for silver nanoparticles and its thermal decomposition catalysis

Bruna da Silva Pereira; Marcela Fernandes Silva; Paulo Rodrigo Stival Bittencourt; Daniela Martins Fernandes de Oliveira; Edgardo Alfonso Gómez Pineda; Ana Adelina Winkler Hechenleitner

doi:10.1016/j.carbpol.2015.06.108

Cellophane and filter paper as cellulosic support for silver nanoparticles and its thermal decomposition catalysis

Carbohydr Polym. 2015 Nov 20:133:277-83. doi: 10.1016/j.carbpol.2015.06.108. Epub 2015 Jul 9.

Authors

Bruna da Silva Pereira¹, Marcela Fernandes Silva¹, Paulo Rodrigo Stival Bittencourt², Daniela Martins Fernandes de Oliveira¹, Edgardo Alfonso Gómez Pineda¹, Ana Adelina Winkler Hechenleitner³

Affiliations

¹ Department of Chemistry, State University of Maringa, Av. Colombo 5790, 87020-900, Zona 07, Maringá, PR, Brazil.
² Technological Department Environmental Management, Federal Technological University of Parana, Campus Medianeira, Av. Brasil, Parque Independência, 85884-000 Medianeira, PR, Brazil.
³ Department of Chemistry, State University of Maringa, Av. Colombo 5790, 87020-900, Zona 07, Maringá, PR, Brazil. Electronic address: anitawh@uem.br.

PMID: 26344282
DOI: 10.1016/j.carbpol.2015.06.108

Abstract

Silver nanoparticles (AgNPs) have attracted great attention due to its optical, electrical and thermal properties. Cellulosic supports for these nanoparticles are of particular interest because of its availability, flexibility and biocompatibility. In this work, AgNPs were synthesized using two cellulosic materials, cellophane (CP) and filter paper (FP), as matrix support. Cellulosic materials were immersed in an aqueous solution of silver nitrate containing polyvinylpyrrolidone (PVP) and then reduced with hydroxylamine. The obtained nanocomposites (CP-AgNPs and FP-AgNPs) were characterized by Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy (FTIR), X-ray diffraction (DRX) and scanning electron microscopy (SEM). AgNPs of near 15nm anchored onto cellulosic surfaces were detected. The thermal properties of these materials were investigated through thermogravimetry (TG). Their kinetic of thermal decomposition was studied by the Vyasovkin method of dynamic isoconvertion, which indicated a catalytic effect of AgNPs in the cellulose thermal decomposition reaction.

Keywords: Cellophane; Cellulosic materials; Filter paper; Hydroxilamine (PubChem CID: 787); Polyvinylpirrolidone (PubChem CID: 11989721); Silver nanoparticles; Silver nitrate (PubChem CID: 24470); Sodium hydroxide (PubChem CID: 14798); Thermal decomposition catalysis; Vyasovkin.