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- Title
The Effect of Ni-Doped ZnO NPs on the Antibacterial Activity and Degradation Rate of Polyacrylic Acid-Modified Starch Nanocomposite.
- Authors
Iqbal, Shahid; Nadeem, Sohail; Bahadur, Ali; Javed, Mohsin; Ahmad, Zahoor; Ahmad, Mirza Nadeem; Shoaib, Muhammad; Liu, Guocong; Mohyuddin, Ayesha; Raheel, Muhammad
- Abstract
Acrylic acid-modified starch has been achieved by grafting the starch with an acrylic acid homopolymer by using the biodegradable nonionic surfactant Lutensol-XL-100 (decaoxyethyele n-decyl ether) and ammonium persulfate as a free radical originator. After obtaining the optimized starch-based plastic thin film, a nanocomposite (NC) was created by incorporating nickel-doped zinc oxide nanoparticles (ZnO@Ni NPs), which served as the control for the degradation rate of the composite plastic. The NC was characterized using FTIR, TGA, DSC, and SEM. The ZnO@Ni NPs induced an antibacterial property in the composite film with improved thermal stability and effective to control bacterial growth. The starch-grafted polyacrylic acid exhibited 23.21% biodegradability in 60 days while its NC showed 16.19% at the same time by a soil burial test. It was observed that the composite film exhibited a significant efficacy against the bacteria.
- Subjects
STARCH; NANOCOMPOSITE materials; ACRYLIC acid; NONIONIC surfactants; PLASTIC films; ZINC oxide
- Publication
JOM: The Journal of The Minerals, Metals & Materials Society (TMS), 2021, Vol 73, Issue 1, p380
- ISSN
1047-4838
- Publication type
Academic Journal
- DOI
10.1007/s11837-020-04490-0