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Synthesis and Characterization of Co-Polymer Nanocomposite Film and its Enhanced Antimicrobial Behavior

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This work reports the synthesis, characterization, and antimicrobial activity of polyaniline/polyvinyl alcohol (PANI/PVA) and polydiphenylamine/polyvinyl alcohol (PDPA/PVA) co-polymer nanocomposite films. Initially, chemical oxidative polymerization was employed to synthesis PANI and PDPA by oxidizing aniline (AN) and diphenylamine (DPA) in the presence of ammonium peroxydisulfate (APS) as an oxidant. A trace amount of prepared PANI and PDPA were used to prepare nanocomposite films by solution casting technique, using PVA as a stabilizer. Surface morphological studies reveal the impregnated amorphous structure of PANI and PDPA size in the range of ~ 50–150 nm. Fourier transform infrared (FTIR) examines to confirm the presence of PANI, PDPA, and PVA in nanocomposite film. Disk diffusion approach was adopted to study the antimicrobial activity of PANI/PVA and PDPA/PVA nanocomposite films.

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The authors acknowledge the basic research support from National Institute of Technology Puducherry, Karaikal, India.

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This study is supported by the Science and Engineering Research Board—Department of Science Technology grant (SB/FT/CS-117/2014).

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  1. Department of Chemistry, Nano Electrochemistry Laboratory (NEL), National Institute of Technology Puducherry, Karaikal, 609 609, India

    E. Muthusankar & D. Ragupathy

  2. Department of Electronics and Communication Engineering, National Institute of Technology Puducherry, Karaikal, 609-609, India

    E. Muthusankar

  3. Department of Biotechnology, Anna University Regional Campus, Coimbatore, 641 046, India

    S. Vignesh Kumar

  4. Department of Computer Science and Engineering, National Institute of Technology Puducherry, Karaikal, 609-609, India

    Narendran Rajagopalan

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Muthusankar, E., Vignesh Kumar, S., Rajagopalan, N. et al. Synthesis and Characterization of Co-Polymer Nanocomposite Film and its Enhanced Antimicrobial Behavior. BioNanoSci. 8, 1008–1013 (2018). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12668-018-0564-x

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