Synthesis and Antibacterial Properties of Novel ZnMn2O4-Chitosan Nanocomposites.

ABSTRACT: The development of productive antibacterial agents from nontoxic materials via a simple methodology has been an immense research contribution in the medicinal chemistry field. Herein, a sol-gel one-pot reaction was used to synthesize hybrid composites of hausmannite-chitosan (Mn3O4-CS) and its innovative derivative zinc manganese oxide-chitosan (ZnMn2O4-CS). Fixed amounts of CS with different metal matrix w/v ratios of 0.5%, 1.0%, 1.5%, and 2.0% for Mn and Zn precursors were used to synthesize ZnMn2O4-CS hybrid composites. X-ray diffraction analysis indicated the formation of polycrystalline tetragonal-structured ZnMn2O4 with a CS matrix in the hybrids. Fourier-transform infrared spectroscopic analysis confirmed the formation of ZnMn2O4-CS hybrids. Detailed investigations of the surface mo

SUBMITTER: Packirisamy RG 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6915490 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature