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- Title
Antimicrobial Features of Organic Functionalized Graphene-Oxide with Selected Amines.
- Authors
Zarafu, Irina; Turcu, Ioana; Culiță, Daniela C.; Petrescu, Simona; Popa, Marcela; Chifiriuc, Mariana C.; Limban, Carmen; Telehoiu, Alexandra; Ioniță, Petre
- Abstract
(1) Background: Graphene oxide is a new carbon-based material that contains functional groups (carboxyl, hydroxyl, carbonyl, epoxy) and therefore can be easily functionalized with organic compounds of interest, yielding hybrid materials with important properties and applications. (2) Methods: Graphene oxide has been obtained by a modified Hummers method and activated by thionyl chloride in order to be covalently functionalized with amines. Thus obtained hybrid materials were characterized by infrared and Raman spectroscopy, elemental analysis and scanning electron microscopy and then tested for their antimicrobial and anti-biofilm activity. (3) Results: Eight amines of interest were used to functionalize grapheme oxide and the materials thus obtained were tested against Gram-negative (Escherichia coli, Pseudomonas aeruginosa) and Gram-positive (Staphylococcus aureus) bacterial strainsin plankonic and biofilm growth state. Both amines, as well as the functionalized materials, exhibited anti-microbial features. Three to five functionalized graphene oxide materials exhibited improved inhibitory activity against planktonic strains as compared with the respective amines. In exchange, the amines alone proved generally more efficient against biofilm-embedded cells. (4) Conclusions: Such hybrid materials may have a wide range of potential use in biomedical applications.
- Subjects
ANTI-infective agents; GRAPHENE oxide; AMINES; ORGANIC compounds; RAMAN spectroscopy
- Publication
Materials (1996-1944), 2018, Vol 11, Issue 9, p1704
- ISSN
1996-1944
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.3390/ma11091704