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Makwana, Dipak
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<p><span style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; color: rgb(31, 31, 31); font-family: ElsevierGulliver, Georgia, "Times New Roman", Times, STIXGeneral, "Cambria Math", "Lucida Sans Unicode", "Microsoft Sans Serif", "Segoe UI Symbol", "Arial Unicode MS", serif, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">The effect of silver modified <a href="https://www.sciencedirect.com/topics/pharmacology-toxicology-and-pharmaceutical-science/montmorillonite" title="Learn more about montmorillonite from ScienceDirect's AI-generated Topic Pages" class="topic-link" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; background-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); word-break: break-word; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-thickness: 1px; text-decoration-color: rgb(31, 31, 31); color: rgb(31, 31, 31); text-underline-offset: 1px;">montmorillonite</a><span style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"> (Ag-MMT) on the physical, mechanical and antimicrobial properties of agar-carboxymethyl cellulose (agar-CMC) bionanocomposites film, prepared by a solution intercalation method were investigated. The nanocomposite of agar and <a href="https://www.sciencedirect.com/topics/agricultural-and-biological-sciences/carboxymethylcellulose" title="Learn more about carboxymethyl cellulose from ScienceDirect's AI-generated Topic Pages" class="topic-link" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; background-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); word-break: break-word; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-thickness: 1px; text-decoration-color: rgb(31, 31, 31); color: rgb(31, 31, 31); text-underline-offset: 1px;">carboxymethyl cellulose</a><span style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"> (CMC) with Ag-MMT (based on Indigenous clay) has a promise in designing eco-friendly antibacterial packaging. The films were tested for transmittance, tensile and X-ray <a href="https://www.sciencedirect.com/topics/materials-science/diffraction-pattern" title="Learn more about diffraction patterns from ScienceDirect's AI-generated Topic Pages" class="topic-link" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; background-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); word-break: break-word; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-thickness: 1px; text-decoration-color: rgb(31, 31, 31); color: rgb(31, 31, 31); text-underline-offset: 1px;">diffraction patterns</a> which indicated that Ag-MMT the most compatible with Agar-CMC matrix. The Agar-CMC/Ag-MMT bio-nanocomposite films exhibited a great </span></span></span><a href="https://www.sciencedirect.com/topics/pharmacology-toxicology-and-pharmaceutical-science/antibacterial-activity" title="Learn more about antibacterial activity from ScienceDirect's AI-generated Topic Pages" class="topic-link" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; background-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); word-break: break-word; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-thickness: 1px; text-decoration-color: rgb(31, 31, 31); color: rgb(31, 31, 31); text-underline-offset: 1px; font-family: ElsevierGulliver, Georgia, "Times New Roman", Times, STIXGeneral, "Cambria Math", "Lucida Sans Unicode", "Microsoft Sans Serif", "Segoe UI Symbol", "Arial Unicode MS", serif, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">antibacterial activity</a><span style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; color: rgb(31, 31, 31); font-family: ElsevierGulliver, Georgia, "Times New Roman", Times, STIXGeneral, "Cambria Math", "Lucida Sans Unicode", "Microsoft Sans Serif", "Segoe UI Symbol", "Arial Unicode MS", serif, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"><span style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"> against both Gram-positive (Bacillus subtilis) and Gram-negative (Escherichia coli) bacteria. Overall, it is seen that the Agar-CMC/Ag-MMT bionanocomposite films could be used as <a href="https://www.sciencedirect.com/topics/agricultural-and-biological-sciences/packaging-material" title="Learn more about packaging material from ScienceDirect's AI-generated Topic Pages" class="topic-link" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; background-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); word-break: break-word; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-thickness: 1px; text-decoration-color: rgb(31, 31, 31); color: rgb(31, 31, 31); text-underline-offset: 1px;">packaging material</a><span style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"> for food preservation by controlling <a href="https://www.sciencedirect.com/topics/food-science/food-pathogen" title="Learn more about foodborne pathogens from ScienceDirect's AI-generated Topic Pages" class="topic-link" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; background-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); word-break: break-word; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-thickness: 1px; text-decoration-color: rgb(31, 31, 31); color: rgb(31, 31, 31); text-underline-offset: 1px;">foodborne pathogens</a> and </span></span><a href="https://www.sciencedirect.com/topics/agricultural-and-biological-sciences/spoilage-bacteria" title="Learn more about spoilage bacteria from ScienceDirect's AI-generated Topic Pages" class="topic-link" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; background-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); word-break: break-word; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-thickness: 1px; text-decoration-color: rgb(31, 31, 31); color: rgb(31, 31, 31); text-underline-offset: 1px;">spoilage bacteria</a>.</span></p>
Elsevier Ltd.
January 2020
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Arabian Journal of Chemistry
Characterization of Agar-CMC/Ag-MMT nanocomposite and evaluation of antibacterial and mechanical properties for packaging applications
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Elsevier Ltd.