Synthesis, electrospinning, and molecular docking of poly(methyl methacrylate) Schiff bases and their applications as polymeric antimicrobial agents and for dye removal.

ABSTRACT: The antibacterial activity of a variety of modified poly(methyl methacrylate) Schiff bases against common microbial infections and removal of methylene blue (MB) dye were screened. The Schiff bases were synthesized from the reaction of the modified (PMMA) with vanillin (PMMA)^Van and cinnamaldehyde (PMMA)^Cin. By using Fourier transformer infrared (FT-IR), X-ray diffraction analysis (XRD), thermogravimetric analysis (TGA), and scanning electron microscopy (SEM), the structures of the nanofibers of the synthesized Schiff bases were confirmed. The modified Kirky-Bauer method was used to screen the antibacterial activities of all the obtained materials against various bacterial species, including gram-positive bacterial (Bacillus subtilis (4k1p), Staphylococcus aureus), Gr

SUBMITTER: Kenawy ER 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10622379 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature