| Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1427961 | Materials Science and Engineering: C | 2016 | 7 Pages |
•Epoxy nanocomposites film were developed using amine functionalized core shell nanoparticles.•Optimum concentration is 3% ZnO-APTES core shell nanoparticles loaded epoxy nanocomposites.•Bare ZnO nanoparticles shows better antimicrobial effect towards tested pathogens than ZnO-APTES-DGEBA nanocomposites.
In this article a series of epoxy nanocomposites film were developed using amine functionalized (ZnO-APTES) core shell nanoparticles as the dispersed phase and a commercially available epoxy resin as the matrix phase. The functional group of the samples was characterized using FT-IR spectra. The most prominent peaks of epoxy resin were found in bare epoxy and in all the functionalized ZnO dispersed epoxy nanocomposites (ZnO-APTES-DGEBA). The XRD analysis of all the samples exhibits considerable shift in 2θ, intensity and d-spacing values but the best and optimum concentration is found to be 3% ZnO-APTES core shell nanoparticles loaded epoxy nanocomposites supported by FT-IR results. From TGA measurements, 100 wt% residue is obtained in bare ZnO nanoparticles whereas in ZnO core shell nanoparticles grafted DGEBA residue percentages are 37, 41, 45, 46 and 52% for 0, 1, 3, 5 and 7% ZnO-APTES-DGEBA respectively, which is confirmed with ICP-OES analysis. From antimicrobial activity test, it was notable that antimicrobial activity of 7% ZnO-APTES core shell nanoparticles loaded epoxy nanocomposite film has best inhibition zone effect against all pathogens under study.
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