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Electrospun Polycaprolactone Nanofibrous Webs Containing Cu–Magnetite/Graphene Oxide for Cell Viability, Antibacterial Performance, and Dye Decolorization from Aqueous Solutions

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Fine powder of magnetite nanoparticles (MNPs) was doped with different contents of copper (Cu) through a mat of graphene oxide (GO) nanosheets. These compositions were incorporated into electrospun nanofibrous membranes of polycaprolactone (PCL). Mechanical properties were measured, and examining the ability of these nanofiber membranes to remove methylene blue (MB) dyes from aqueous solutions was also assessed. TEM of the resulting nanofibers has a diameter of the order of 300 nm. Moreover, the morphological features of membranes showed that diameters were varied upon the variation of dopant (Cu ions) starting from 0.35–1.06 μm and 1.8–3.9 μm at no Cu reaching 0.19–0.45 μm and 0.75–1.42 μm for the highest contribution of Cu, whereas GO scattered grains of 0.56–1.5 μm were detected. The tensile strength was changed accordingly and reached around 8.96 ± 0.45 MPa, while the toughness achieved 4.69 ± 0.29 MJ/m3 at the highest additional dopant. The designed nanofibrous membrane was able to remove 95.1% MB after 36 min of continuous exposure, while the reusability indicated that the composition was stable after 5 times of removal with efficiency around 90.1% for the 0.8Cu–MNPs–GO@PCL. The antibacterial efficiency was also investigated against both E.coli and S. aureus, and the inhibition zone recorded around 11.4 ± 1.5 and 11.1 ± 1.7 mm in dark and 15.6 ± 2.1 and 13.6 ± 1.8 mm, respectively, at the highest contribution of Cu dopant. This behavior of the manipulated nanofibrous membrane indicates that tailoring of multi-functional nanomaterials could be reached via designing scaffold-based electrospun technique.

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The authors extend their appreciation to the Deanship of Scientific Research at King Khalid University, Saudi Arabia, for funding this work through the Research Groups Program under Grant No. R.G.P.1/171/41.

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  1. Department of Chemistry, College of Science, King Khalid University, Abha, Saudi Arabia

    Hyam A. Radwan

  2. Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Women for Arts, Science and Education, Ain Shams University, Cairo, Egypt

    Hyam A. Radwan

  3. Chemistry Department, University of Hafr Al Batin, Hafr Al Batin, Saudi Arabia

    Rabab A. Ismail

  4. Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science, Jazan University, Jazan, Saudi Arabia

    Said A. Abdelaal

  5. Chemistry Department, Faculty of Applied Science, Umm Al-Qura University, Makkah, Saudi Arabia

    Badreah A. Al Jahdaly

  6. General Courses Unit, Faculty of Sciences and Arts, King Khalid University, Dhahran Aljanoub, Saudi Arabia

    Albandary Almahri

  7. Physics Department, Faculty of Science, Suez University, Suez, Egypt

    M. K. Ahmed

  8. Institute of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology, Kafrelsheikh University, Kafrelsheikh, 33516, Egypt

    Kamel Shoueir

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Radwan, H.A., Ismail, R.A., Abdelaal, S.A. et al. Electrospun Polycaprolactone Nanofibrous Webs Containing Cu–Magnetite/Graphene Oxide for Cell Viability, Antibacterial Performance, and Dye Decolorization from Aqueous Solutions. Arab J Sci Eng 47, 303–318 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1007/s13369-021-05363-7

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