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Rod-Like Structure of Cotton Cellulose/Polyvinyl Alcohol/Tellurium Dioxide (TeO2) Hybrid Nanocomposite and Antimicrobial Properties
- Authors
- Ramesh, Sivalingam; Kim, Heung Soo; Msolli, Sabeur; Rengaraj, Arun Kumar; Huh, Yun Suk; Kim, Joo-Hyung
- Issue Date
- 17-Oct-2018
- Publisher
- TAYLOR & FRANCIS INC
- Keywords
- Antimicrobial properties; cotton cellulose; hybrid nanocomposite; PVA; tellurium dioxide (TeO2)
- Citation
- POLYMER-PLASTICS TECHNOLOGY AND ENGINEERING, v.57, no.11, pp 1131 - 1138
- Pages
- 8
- Indexed
- SCIE
SCOPUS
- Journal Title
- POLYMER-PLASTICS TECHNOLOGY AND ENGINEERING
- Volume
- 57
- Number
- 11
- Start Page
- 1131
- End Page
- 1138
- ISSN
- 0360-2559
1525-6111
- Abstract
- We report on the in situ synthesis through sol-gel processing of a tellurium dioxide (TeO2)cellulose-polyvinyl alcohol (PVA) hybrid composite. The cellulose-PVA hybrid composite was synthesized through chemical graft in the presence of aqueous sodium hydroxide. Field emission scanning electron microscopy, SEM-EDX, high-resolution transition microscopy (FE-TEM) revealed that polycrystalline nanorods were uniformly distributed with sizes of 20 nm in the cotton cellulose-PVA-TeO2 hybrid nanocomposite. The average size of TeO2 crystallite was calculated to be 0.292 nm, as shown in the FE-TEM, SAED, and X-ray diffraction analysis. Furthermore, the hybrid nanocomposites were studied for their antimicrobial activity against Bacillus cereus and Escherichia coli strains, which was inhibited at a size of 10-12 mm after 24 h of incubation. [GRAPHICS] .
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- Kim, Heung Soo
- College of Engineering (Department of Mechanical, Robotics and Energy Engineering)