Antimicrobial Features of Organic Functionalized Graphene-Oxide with Selected Amines.

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 (Esch

SUBMITTER: Zarafu I 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6164380 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature