Graphene oxide/polyvinylpyrrolidone-doped MoO₃ nanocomposites used for dye degradation and their antibacterial activity: a molecular docking analysis.

ABSTRACT: In this study, MoO₃ nanostructures were prepared, doped with various concentrations of graphene oxide (2 and 4% GO) and a fixed amount of polyvinylpyrrolidone (PVP) using the co-precipitation method. The motive of this study was to examine the catalytic and antimicrobial efficacy with evidential molecular docking analyses of GO/PVP-doped MoO₃. GO and PVP were utilized as doping agents to reduce the exciton recombination rate of MoO₃ by providing more active sites that increase the antibacterial activity of MoO₃. The prepared binary dopant (GO and PVP)-dependent MoO₃ was used as an effective antibacterial agent against Escherichia coli (E. coli). Notably, 4% GO/PVP-doped MoO₃ showed good bactericidal potential a

SUBMITTER: Ikram M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10205020 | biostudies-literature | 2023

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature