The Effect of Ni-Doped ZnO NPs on the Antibacterial Activity and Degradation Rate of Polyacrylic Acid-Modified Starch Nanocomposite

Shahid Iqbal, Sohail Nadeem, Ali Bahadur, Mohsin Javed, Zahoor Ahmad, Mirza Nadeem Ahmad, Muhammad Shoaib, Guocong Liu, Ayesha Mohyuddin, Muhammad Raheel

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Abstract

Acrylic acid-modified starch has been achieved by grafting the starch with an acrylic acid homopolymer by using the biodegradable nonionic surfactant Lutensol-XL-100 (decaoxyethyele n-decyl ether) and ammonium persulfate as a free radical originator. After obtaining the optimized starch-based plastic thin film, a nanocomposite (NC) was created by incorporating nickel-doped zinc oxide nanoparticles (ZnO@Ni NPs), which served as the control for the degradation rate of the composite plastic. The NC was characterized using FTIR, TGA, DSC, and SEM. The ZnO@Ni NPs induced an antibacterial property in the composite film with improved thermal stability and effective to control bacterial growth. The starch-grafted polyacrylic acid exhibited 23.21% biodegradability in 60 days while its NC showed 16.19% at the same time by a soil burial test. It was observed that the composite film exhibited a significant efficacy against the bacteria.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)380-386
Number of pages7
JournalJOM
Volume73
Issue number1
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - Jan 2021
Externally publishedYes

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • General Materials Science
  • General Engineering

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