Electrochemical synthesis, characterization and antimicrobial activity of nano-obelisks poly methoxy phenol
- Polymer Research laboratory, Chemistry Department, Faculty of Science, Beni-Suef University, Beni-Suef62514, Egypt.
- Nanophotonics and Applications (NPA) Lab, Department of Physics, Faculty of Science, Beni-Suef University, Beni-Suef 62514, Egypt.
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A facile method is proposed to prepare poly methoxy phenol P (o-MP) by the electrochemical polymerization technique. Effects of different reaction parameters such as temperature, monomer and acid concentrations on the growth of the polymer are studied by using cyclic voltammetry. The kinetic studies indicate that the orders of the reaction are 1.3 and 1.17 for monomer and acid concentrations, respectively. The apparent activation energy is calculated to be 37.2 kJ/mol. In addition, the fabricated polymer is characterized and investigated by 1H-NMR, TGA, IR-UV spectroscopy, XRD, SEM and elemental analysis. Moreover, the mechanism of the reaction is proposed and discussed.The synthesized polymer was evaluated for their in vitro antimicrobial activity against Streptococcus pneumoniae (RCMB 010010) , Enterococcus faecalis (RCMB 010068) and Staphylococcus aureus (RCMB 010028) as a Gram positive bacteria, and against Salmonella typhimurium (RCMB 010072) and Escherichi coli (RCMB 010052) as Gram negative bacteria and against Aspergillus fumigates (RCMB 02568 ) as fungi. Result showed that the polymer exhibited fantastic antimicrobial activity.
[S. M. Sayyah, S.M.Kamal, F. Mohamed and M. Shaban (2015); Electrochemical synthesis, characterization and antimicrobial activity of nano-obelisks poly methoxy phenol Int. J. of Adv. Res. 3 (May). 405-418] (ISSN 2320-5407). www.journalijar.com
