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Journal of Nanomaterials
Volume 2014, Article ID 684251, 10 pages
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2014/684251
Research Article

Synthesis and Antibacterial Testing of Silver/Poly (Ether Amide) Composite Nanofibers with Ultralow Silver Content

Shuai Liang,1 Geng Zhang,2 Jianzhong Min,1 Junqiao Ding,3 and Xingmao Jiang1,4

1Key Laboratory of Fine Petrochemical Engineering, Changzhou University, Changzhou 213164, China
2Department of Chemistry, College of Science, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan 430070, China
3State Key Laboratory of Polymer Physics and Chemistry, Changchun Institute of Applied Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Changchun 130022, China
4Changzhou Yingzhong Nano Technology Company Limited, Changzhou 213023, China

Received 1 April 2014; Revised 17 July 2014; Accepted 17 July 2014; Published 11 August 2014

Academic Editor: Tianxi Liu

Copyright © 2014 Shuai Liang et al. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.

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