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ArticlePolymers2025

Polyacrylonitrile/Silver Nanoparticles Composite for Catalytic Dye Reduction and Real-Time Monitoring.

Christian Narváez-Muñoz, Sebastián Ponce, Carlos Durán, Cristina Aguayo, Cesar Portero, Joseph Guamán, Alexis Debut, Magaly Granda, Frank Alexis, Ezequiel Zamora-Ledezma and 1 more

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Article in Polymers, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

3 citing papers in PubMed.

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  2. Green Synthesis of Silver Nanoparticles fromLife (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

11 authors.

Christian Narváez-MuñozDepartamento de Ciencias de la Energía y Mecánica, Universidad de las Fuerzas Armadas-ESPE, Sangolquí 171103, Ecuador.ORCID 0000-0002-3472-4037
Sebastián PonceDepartamento de Ingeniería Química, Colegio de Ciencias e Ingenierías, Universidad San Francisco de Quito (USFQ), Quito 170901, Ecuador.ORCID 0000-0003-0057-5106
Carlos DuránDepartamento de Ciencias de la Energía y Mecánica, Universidad de las Fuerzas Armadas-ESPE, Sangolquí 171103, Ecuador.ORCID 0009-0007-3782-8062
Cristina AguayoUniversidad de las Fuerzas Armadas-ESPE, Sangolquí 171103, Ecuador.
Cesar PorteroDepartamento de Ciencias de la Energía y Mecánica, Universidad de las Fuerzas Armadas-ESPE, Sangolquí 171103, Ecuador.
Joseph GuamánUniversidad de las Fuerzas Armadas-ESPE, Sangolquí 171103, Ecuador.
Alexis DebutUniversidad de las Fuerzas Armadas-ESPE, Sangolquí 171103, Ecuador.ORCID 0000-0002-8269-7619
Magaly GrandaUniversidad de las Fuerzas Armadas-ESPE, Sangolquí 171103, Ecuador.
Frank AlexisDepartamento de Ingeniería Química, Colegio de Ciencias e Ingeniería, Instituto de Energía y Materiales, Instituto de Microbiología, Universidad San Francisco de Quito (USFQ), Quito 170901, Ecuador.ORCID 0000-0002-0597-7940
Ezequiel Zamora-LedezmaLaboratorio de Agroecosistemas y Cambio Climático-FAGROCLIM, Departamento de Ciencias Agrícolas, Facultad de Ingeniería Agrícola, Universidad Técnica de Manabí-UTM, Lodana 13132, Ecuador.ORCID 0000-0002-5315-2708
Camilo Zamora-LedezmaBioengineering & Regenerative Medicine Research Group (Bio-ReM), Escuela de Ingeniería, Arquitectura y Diseño (EIAD), Universidad Alfonso X el Sabio (UAX), Avenida de la Universidad 1, Villanueva de la Cañada, 28691 Madrid, Spain.ORCID 0000-0002-8704-1539

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

This study presents a one-step electrospinning method to fabricate polyacrylonitrile (PAN) nanofibers embedded with green-synthesized silver nanoparticles (AgNPs) for efficient catalytic dye reduction and real-time monitoring. Utilizing avocado seed extract for AgNP synthesis, the resulting composite nanofibers exhibit uniform nanoparticle dispersion and enhanced surface area, significantly improving adsorption and catalytic properties. The membranes demonstrated outstanding catalytic activity, achieving over 95% degradation of methyl orange within 45 min when paired with sodium borohydride, and maintained structural integrity and performance over ten reuse cycles. The integration of a novel 3D-printed support enabled scalability, allowing a 60-fold increase in treatment volume without compromising efficiency. Additionally, the composite's electrical conductivity changes enabled the real-time monitoring of the dye reduction process, highlighting its dual functionality as both catalyst and sensor. These results encourage the potential of PAN/AgNPs supported on a 3D-printed structure nanofiber membranes for scalable, sustainable wastewater treatment and in situ reaction monitoring.

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3D printingcatalytic dye reductionelectrospun fibergreen synthesishierarchical structurespolyacrylonitrile nanofibersreal-time monitoringsensorssilver nanoparticle

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PMID40647772
PMCPMC12252141

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