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The Application of Polymeric Nanocomposites
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The Application of Polymeric Nanocomposites

A special issue of Polymers (ISSN 2073-4360). This special issue belongs to the section "Polymer Analysis and Characterization".

Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (5 January 2023) | Viewed by 1785

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Prof. Dr. Simón Yobanny Reyes-López

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Laboratorio de Materiales Híbridos Nanoestructurados, Instituto de Ciencias Biomédicas, Departamento de Ciencias Químico Biológicas, Universidad Autónoma de Ciudad Juárez, Anillo Envolvente del Pronaf y Estocolmo s/n, Zona Pronaf, Ciudad Juárez, Chihuahua C.P. 32310, Mexico
Interests: bacterial resistance; nanoparticles; metal oxides; biomaterials; polymeric nanocomposites
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Dear Colleagues,

Due to the acquired bacterial resistance, investigations against resistant microorganisms have been initiated, giving way to a new generation of biomaterials such as polymeric nanocomposites with antibacterial properties. One of the most interesting challenges in the major studies about antimicrobial and antifungal materials is to provide and design better and novel agents with good antimicrobial and antifungal activity in a wide variety of microorganisms involved in the most common infectious diseases, including drug-resistance for bacteria and fungus considered as serious health problems.

Prof. Dr. Simón Yobanny Reyes-López
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Keywords

  • bacterial resistance
  • nanoparticles
  • metal oxides
  • biomaterials
  • polymeric nanocomposites

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Preparation of Isopropyl Acrylamide Grafted Chitosan and Carbon Bionanocomposites for Adsorption of Lead Ion and Methylene Blue
by Mahmoud Essam Abd El-Aziz, Samir M. M. Morsi, Kholod H. Kamal and Tawfik A. Khattab
Polymers 2022, 14(21), 4485; https://doi.org/10.3390/polym14214485 - 23 Oct 2022
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Abstract
Wastewater, which is rich with heavy elements, dyes, and pesticides, represents one of the most important environmental pollutants. Thus, it has been significant to fabricate environmentally friendly polymers with high adsorption ability for those pollutants. Herein, crosslinked chitosan (C-Cs) was prepared using isopropyl [...] Read more.
Wastewater, which is rich with heavy elements, dyes, and pesticides, represents one of the most important environmental pollutants. Thus, it has been significant to fabricate environmentally friendly polymers with high adsorption ability for those pollutants. Herein, crosslinked chitosan (C-Cs) was prepared using isopropyl acrylamide and methylene bisacrylamide. Carbon nanoparticles (C-NPs) were also obtained by the treatment of the agricultural wastes, which was used with C-Cs to prepare C-Cs/C-NPs nanocomposite (C-Cs/C-NC). Fourier-transform infrared spectroscopy (FTIR), X-ray diffraction (XRD), and transmission electron microscope (TEM) were used to investigate the prepared adsorbent. C-Cs, C-NPs, and C-Cs/C-NC were used in water treatment for the adsorption of lead ions (Pb+2) and methylene blue (MB). The adsorption process occurred by the prepared samples was investigated under different conditions, including contact time, as well as different doses and concentrations of adsorbents. The findings exhibited that the adsorption of Pb+2 and MB by C-Cs/C-NC was higher than C-Cs and C-NPs. In addition, the kinetic and isotherm models were studied, where the results showed that the adsorption of Pb+2 and MB by various adsorbents obeys pseudo-second-order and Langmuir isotherms, respectively. Full article
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