Polymer-metal based material with unique 3D structure is an attractive substrate for the development of biomedical applications. A novel preparation of the composite from polymer fibres and silver nanoparticles has been designed through: (1) preparation of silver nanoparticles by phytosynthesis and (2) incorporation of these nanoparticles in a fibrous membrane prepared by electrospinning. The nanoparticle biosynthesis was performed in a pure environmental-friendly, easy, static, bottom-up in vitro regime using Tilia sp. leachate. TEM and XRD depict the formation, stabilisation and encapsulation of crystalline silver (14 ± 9 nm) nanoparticles (NPs) in one simple step with low tendency to aggregate. We achieved successful incorporation in the uniform electrospun 221 ± 24 nm poly(vinylalcohol) fibres, and this confirms the possibility of its use in the biomedical field. Both SEM with EDX and TEM analysis determined fibre uniformity with the presence of silver NPs, and ICP-AES confirmed the relatively similar metal concentration throughout the triplicate measurement of fibre structures on the 2 × 2 cm area in the following manner: 0.303 ± 0.018 wt. %, 0.282 ± 0.017 wt. %, and 0.281 ± 0.017 wt. %. Our hypothesis is based on previously verified preparation of active silver NPs and the easily prepared PVA electrospun fibres which act as a water soluble matrix. The simple methodology of incorporating biosynthetically prepared NPs in the PVA fibers highlights the effectiveness of this material, with simple release from water-soluble PVA and final activation of the prepared NPs.

Department of Chemistry Faculty of Science Humanities and Education Technical University of Liberec Studentská 5 Liberec 461 17 Czech Republic

ENET Centre VŠB Technical University of Ostrava 17 listopadu 2172 15 Ostrava 708 00 Czech Republic

Institute of Electrical Engineering Slovak Academy of Sciences Dúbravská cesta 9 841 04 Bratislava Slovak Republic

IT4 Innovations VŠB Technical University of Ostrava 17 listopadu 2172 15 Ostrava 708 00 Czech Republic

Nanotechnology Centre VŠB Technical University of Ostrava 17 listopadu 2172 15 Ostrava 708 00 Czech Republic

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