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Development of Novel Thin Polycaprolactone (PCL)/Clay Nanocomposite Films with Antimicrobial Activity Promoted by the Study of Mechanical, Thermal, and Surface Properties

Infection with pathogenic microorganisms is of great concern in many areas, especially in healthcare, but also in food packaging and storage, or in water purification systems. Antimicrobial polymer nanocomposites have gained great popularity in these areas. Therefore, this study focused on new appro...

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Autores principales: Holešová, Sylva, Čech Barabaszová, Karla, Hundáková, Marianna, Ščuková, Michaela, Hrabovská, Kamila, Joszko, Kamil, Antonowicz, Magdalena, Gzik-Zroska, Bożena
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8470023/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34578094
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/polym13183193
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author Holešová, Sylva
Čech Barabaszová, Karla
Hundáková, Marianna
Ščuková, Michaela
Hrabovská, Kamila
Joszko, Kamil
Antonowicz, Magdalena
Gzik-Zroska, Bożena
author_facet Holešová, Sylva
Čech Barabaszová, Karla
Hundáková, Marianna
Ščuková, Michaela
Hrabovská, Kamila
Joszko, Kamil
Antonowicz, Magdalena
Gzik-Zroska, Bożena
author_sort Holešová, Sylva
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description Infection with pathogenic microorganisms is of great concern in many areas, especially in healthcare, but also in food packaging and storage, or in water purification systems. Antimicrobial polymer nanocomposites have gained great popularity in these areas. Therefore, this study focused on new approaches to develop thin antimicrobial films based on biodegradable polycaprolactone (PCL) with clay mineral natural vermiculite as a carrier for antimicrobial compounds, where the active organic antimicrobial component is antifungal ciclopirox olamine (CPX). For possible synergistic effects, a sample in combination with the inorganic antimicrobial active ingredient zinc oxide was also prepared. The structures of all the prepared samples were studied by X-ray diffraction, FTIR analysis and, predominantly, by SEM. The very different structure properties of the prepared nanofillers had a fundamental influence on the final structural arrangement of thin PCL nanocomposite films as well as on their mechanical, thermal, and surface properties. As sample PCL/ZnOVER_CPX possessed the best results for antimicrobial activity against examined microbial strains, the synergic effect of CPX and ZnO combination on antimicrobial activity was proved, but on the other hand, its mechanical resistance was the lowest.
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spelling pubmed-84700232021-09-27 Development of Novel Thin Polycaprolactone (PCL)/Clay Nanocomposite Films with Antimicrobial Activity Promoted by the Study of Mechanical, Thermal, and Surface Properties Holešová, Sylva Čech Barabaszová, Karla Hundáková, Marianna Ščuková, Michaela Hrabovská, Kamila Joszko, Kamil Antonowicz, Magdalena Gzik-Zroska, Bożena Polymers (Basel) Article Infection with pathogenic microorganisms is of great concern in many areas, especially in healthcare, but also in food packaging and storage, or in water purification systems. Antimicrobial polymer nanocomposites have gained great popularity in these areas. Therefore, this study focused on new approaches to develop thin antimicrobial films based on biodegradable polycaprolactone (PCL) with clay mineral natural vermiculite as a carrier for antimicrobial compounds, where the active organic antimicrobial component is antifungal ciclopirox olamine (CPX). For possible synergistic effects, a sample in combination with the inorganic antimicrobial active ingredient zinc oxide was also prepared. The structures of all the prepared samples were studied by X-ray diffraction, FTIR analysis and, predominantly, by SEM. The very different structure properties of the prepared nanofillers had a fundamental influence on the final structural arrangement of thin PCL nanocomposite films as well as on their mechanical, thermal, and surface properties. As sample PCL/ZnOVER_CPX possessed the best results for antimicrobial activity against examined microbial strains, the synergic effect of CPX and ZnO combination on antimicrobial activity was proved, but on the other hand, its mechanical resistance was the lowest. MDPI 2021-09-21 /pmc/articles/PMC8470023/ /pubmed/34578094 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/polym13183193 Text en © 2021 by the authors. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).
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Holešová, Sylva
Čech Barabaszová, Karla
Hundáková, Marianna
Ščuková, Michaela
Hrabovská, Kamila
Joszko, Kamil
Antonowicz, Magdalena
Gzik-Zroska, Bożena
Development of Novel Thin Polycaprolactone (PCL)/Clay Nanocomposite Films with Antimicrobial Activity Promoted by the Study of Mechanical, Thermal, and Surface Properties
title Development of Novel Thin Polycaprolactone (PCL)/Clay Nanocomposite Films with Antimicrobial Activity Promoted by the Study of Mechanical, Thermal, and Surface Properties
title_full Development of Novel Thin Polycaprolactone (PCL)/Clay Nanocomposite Films with Antimicrobial Activity Promoted by the Study of Mechanical, Thermal, and Surface Properties
title_fullStr Development of Novel Thin Polycaprolactone (PCL)/Clay Nanocomposite Films with Antimicrobial Activity Promoted by the Study of Mechanical, Thermal, and Surface Properties
title_full_unstemmed Development of Novel Thin Polycaprolactone (PCL)/Clay Nanocomposite Films with Antimicrobial Activity Promoted by the Study of Mechanical, Thermal, and Surface Properties
title_short Development of Novel Thin Polycaprolactone (PCL)/Clay Nanocomposite Films with Antimicrobial Activity Promoted by the Study of Mechanical, Thermal, and Surface Properties
title_sort development of novel thin polycaprolactone (pcl)/clay nanocomposite films with antimicrobial activity promoted by the study of mechanical, thermal, and surface properties
topic Article
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8470023/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34578094
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/polym13183193
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