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<strong>LitNet</strong> Akademies Jaargang 9(2), Augustus 2012<br />

aktiwi<strong>te</strong>it, met PVA-nanovesels wat silwer-nanopartikels bevat wat tussen 91% en 99% van<br />

bak<strong>te</strong>rieë <strong>in</strong> ’n besmet<strong>te</strong> wa<strong>te</strong>rbron ontsmet het. PAN-nanovesels met silwer-nanopartikels<br />

het ’n hoër antimikrobiese aktiwi<strong>te</strong>it gehad, met 100%-ontsmett<strong>in</strong>g van drie patogene. As<br />

daar <strong>in</strong> ag geneem word dat PVA-nanovesels met silwer-nanopartikels van ’n wa<strong>te</strong>roplosbare,<br />

nietoksiese en bio<strong>af</strong>breekbare polimeer vervaardig word, en dat dit uits<strong>te</strong>kende<br />

antimikrobiese aktiwi<strong>te</strong>it het, is dit hoogs toepasbaar <strong>in</strong> wa<strong>te</strong>rsanitasie, veral <strong>in</strong> ’n<br />

<strong>om</strong>gew<strong>in</strong>gsbewus<strong>te</strong> millieu. Aan <strong>die</strong> ander kant leen <strong>die</strong> s<strong>in</strong><strong>te</strong>seproses van PAN-nanovesels<br />

dit be<strong>te</strong>r tot <strong>die</strong> vorm<strong>in</strong>g van silwer-nanopartikels, en lewer dit dus nanovesels met ’n hoër<br />

silwer-nanopartikel<strong>in</strong>houd wat patogenies gekontam<strong>in</strong>eerde wa<strong>te</strong>r volledig kan s<strong>te</strong>riliseer.<br />

PAN-nanovesels het ’n be<strong>te</strong>r langlewendheid en s<strong>te</strong>rk<strong>te</strong> <strong>in</strong> wa<strong>te</strong>r, wat dit ideaal maak vir<br />

wa<strong>te</strong>rfiltrasie en -sanitasie <strong>in</strong> hoër-deurvloei-sis<strong>te</strong>me. Die metodes wat <strong>in</strong> <strong>hier</strong><strong>die</strong> stu<strong>die</strong><br />

gebruik is <strong>om</strong> <strong>die</strong> antimikrobiese aktiwi<strong>te</strong>it van <strong>hier</strong><strong>die</strong> vesels <strong>te</strong> bepaal, was akkuraat, maklik<br />

en v<strong>in</strong>nig uitvoerbaar.<br />

Erkenn<strong>in</strong>g<br />

Ons bedank graag vir Esk<strong>om</strong> vir befonds<strong>in</strong>g en Eugene Smit by <strong>die</strong> Depar<strong>te</strong>ment van<br />

Polimeerwe<strong>te</strong>nskap, Universi<strong>te</strong>it S<strong>te</strong>llenbosch vir sy <strong>te</strong>gniese bystand met <strong>die</strong> borrelbemiddelde<br />

elektrosp<strong>in</strong><strong>te</strong>gniek.<br />

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