ORIGINAL RESEARCH
Investigating the Antibacterial Activity
of POMA Nanocomposites
| 1 | Department of Chemistry, Government College University Faisalabad, Pakistan |
| 2 | Department of Applied Chemistry, Government College University, Faisalabad, Pakistan |
| 3 | Department of Zoology, Government College University, Faisalabad, Pakistan |
| 4 | Department of Biochemistry, Government College University, Faisalabad, Pakistan |
| 5 | School of Pharmacy, The University of Faisalabad, Faisalabad, Pakistan |
| 6 | Department of Chemistry, University of Agriculture, Faisalabad, Pakistan |
| 7 | Institute of Chemical Sciences, Bahauddin Zakariya University, Multan, Pakistan |
| 8 | Department of Chemistry, The University of Lahore, Lahore, Pakistan |
| 9 | Institute of Chemistry, Shah Abdul Latif University, Khairpur, Sindh, Pakistan |
CORRESPONDING AUTHOR
Arif Nazir
Department of Chemistry, University of Lahore, Lahore-Pakistan, 1-Km Raiwind Road, Lahore, 54000 Lahore, Pakistan
Department of Chemistry, University of Lahore, Lahore-Pakistan, 1-Km Raiwind Road, Lahore, 54000 Lahore, Pakistan
Submission date: 2018-01-16
Final revision date: 2018-06-26
Acceptance date: 2018-07-03
Online publication date: 2019-03-21
Publication date: 2019-09-17
Pol. J. Environ. Stud. 2019;28(6):4191–4198
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ABSTRACT
In this study, antibacterial activity of the prepared nanocomposites [poly (o-methoxy-aniline);
POMA] at different concentrations was tested on bacterial strains. Nanocomposites were prepared
by in situ chemical polymerization of ortho anisidine monomer in acidic medium with ammonium
peroxydisulphate (APS) as an oxidant. The composition, structure and morphology of the polymer
and nanocomposites were characterized by Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy (FTIR), x-ray
diffraction (XRD) and ultraviolet-visible (UV-vis) spectroscopy. Different concentrations of nickel
nanoparticles (1%, 2%, 3%, 4%, 5%) were used to confirm the characteristics of the synthesized
nanocomposites. Antibacterial activity was tested against two strains: E. coli and S. typhi.
A significant increase in the antibacterial activity of nanocomposites has been observed with an increase
in concentration of nickel nanoparticles (Ni NPs). Excellent antibacterial activity was observed with
nanocomposite having 5% Ni NPs.
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