Preparation of Chitosan-Copper Nanoparticles Coated Kraft Paper, Characterization and its Antimicrobial Activity

	Preparation of Chitosan-Copper Nanoparticles Coated Kraft Paper, Characterization and its Antimicrobial Activity
Article 8, Volume 4, Issue 4, Autumn 2017, Page 320-323 PDF (538.92 K)
Document Type: Original Research Paper
DOI: 10.22034/jna.2017.540007
Author
Hamid Reza Ghorbani
Department of Chemical Engineering, Qaemshahr Branch, Islamic Azad university, Qaemshahr, Iran
Abstract
In this paper, Chitosan-copper nanoparticles were successfully coated onto the Kraft paper using a dip coating process. First, chitosan-copper nanoparticles solution was prepared by reduction method and the use of ultrasonic radiation. It was employed copper sulphate pentahydrate as precursor salt, NaOH as a reducing agent and Chitosan as capping agent to prepare Chitosan-copper nanoparticles solution. The solution was analyzed by UV-Vis spectroscopy and dynamic light scattering (DLS). After the coating process, the coated Kraft paper was characterized by X-Ray diffraction and scanning electron microscopy (SEM). Then, the antimicrobial activity of the Kraft paper, in contrast to Bacillus subtilis and Escherichia coli was measured by disc diffusion method.
Keywords
Chitosan; copper; nanoparticles; Kraft paper; Coating


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