Chitosan/Arabic gum /ZnO bionanocomposite as a novel antibacterial agent
The synthesis conditions of chitosan/Arabic gum /zinc oxide nanocomposite were optimized using the Taguchi method to obtain antibacterial properties. FT-IR, XRD, FESEM, EDX, TEM, UV/VIS and TGA techniques were used to characterize the nanocomposite. Nanocomposite C3 (1 mg/mL chitosan, 4.5 mg/mL Arabic gum and 8 mg/mL zinc oxide), C7 (3 mg/mL chitosan, 5.1 mg/mL Arabic gum and 8 mg/mL zinc oxide) and C9 (3 mg/mL chitosan, 4.5 mg/mL Arabic gum and 4 mg/mL zinc oxide) had the best antibacterial properties against S. mutans. TGA showed that ZnO improved the thermal stability of the nanocomposite. Such materials can be used as antibacterial agents.
Authors
- Ling Shing Wong (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5869-0804)
- Ehsan Shoohanizad (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2596-8918)
- Mohammad Salmani Mobarakeh (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3272-4041)
- Bahram Azizi (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8107-3284)
- Mohsen Safaei (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3885-6640)
- Nafiseh Nikkerdar (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2477-1761)
Institutions
- INTI International University (MY)
- Kermanshah University of Medical Sciences (IR)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Polimery
- Published
- 2024-08-08
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.14314/polimery.2024.6.4
- Citations
- 4
- Primary Topic
- Nanocomposite Films for Food Packaging
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.69
Funders
- Kermanshah University of Medical Sciences