Journal
POLYMER TESTING
Volume 84, Issue -, Pages -Publisher
ELSEVIER SCI LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.polymertesting.2020.106380
Keywords
Chitosan-CBPN films; Antioxidant and antibacterial activities; Exfoliated kaolinite
Funding
- Ministry of Higher Education and Scientific Research, Tunisia
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The purpose of this study was to prepare a novel Clay Bio-Polymer Nanocomposite (CBPN) films by mixing polymer (chitosan, C) with exfoliated nanoclay (kaolinite, k). DRX has shown that the mechano-chemical treatment of kaolinite allows its exfoliation and the significant reduction of its particles size. Physicochemical properties namely thickness, water solubility, color, light transmission and transparency of the films were studied. Fourier transform infrared analysis (FTIR) was to study the interaction between chitosan and kaolinite. Differential scanning calorimetry (DSC) scans showed that the transition temperature (Tg) of films depends on the film's composition. The surface morphology of the films was also studied by scanning electron microscopy (SEM). Results showed that water solubility (Ws) decrease with the increase of the amount of clay. In addition, the presence of clay in the said films increases the mechanical strength. All prepared films were tested for their antimicrobial activities against gram-positive and gram-negative bacteria (strain). It was found that all CBPN films showed good inhibitory activity against all the tested bacteria. The above analysis suggested that the CBPN films could be used as potential candidates for therapeutic application.
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