In this work, the temperature-dependent swelling and shrinking behavior of poly(N-isopropyl acrylamide) has been exploited for in situ formation of silver nanoparticles within the hydrogel network. The polymer–silver nanoparticle composite has been characterized by FT-IR, XRD and TEM analysis. The silver nanoparticles exhibited an average diameter of 20 nm. The silver nanoparticles/poly(N-isopropyl acrylamide) (AgNPs/PNIPAM) composite demonstrated fair antibacterial action against Escherichia coli.
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