Abstract

M. Jayandran¹, M. Muhamed Haneefa^2*and  V. Balasubramanian²

DOI : http://dx.doi.org/10.13005/ojc/320180

Biofunctionalization of nanomaterial is one such topic which is an advancement of current nanotechnology and to produce the non-toxic and more efficient antimicrobial agents. It becomes incorporated for development of biosynthetic and eco-friendly technology for nanomaterials synthesis. Therefore, the present study describes a synthesis of bioactive salicylalchitosan functionalized zinc oxide nanoparticles through a biosynthesis method and comparative studies of those nanoparticles with zinc oxide nanoparticles were undertaken.The antimicrobial activities of non-functionalized and bio functionalized zinc oxide nanoparticles were carried out against some well-known bacterial and fungal species. Synthesized materials were characterized by UV- Vis, FT-IR, SEM and TEM techniques and the results were reported.

Chitosan; Salicylalchitosan; Biosynthesis; Biofunctionalization; Antimicrobial activities

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