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  • MDPI AG  (2)
  • Elmehbad, Noura Y.  (2)
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    In: Polymers, MDPI AG, Vol. 15, No. 4 ( 2023-02-16), p. 980-
    Abstract: A new series of hydrogels was successfully prepared by incorporating various substituted bisuracil (R-BU) linkages between chitosan Schiff’s base chains (R-BU-CsSB) and between chitosan chains (R-BU-Cs). After protection of the amino groups of chitosan by benzaldehyde, yielding chitosan Schiff’s base (CsSB), the reaction with epichlorohydrin was confined on the -OH on C6 to produce epoxy chitosan Schiff’s base (ECsSB), which was reacted with R-BU to form R-BU-CsSB hydrogels, and finally, the bioactive amino groups of chitosan were restored to obtain R-BU-Cs hydrogels. Further, some R-BU-Cs-based ZnO nanoparticle (R-BU-Cs/ZnONPs) composites were also prepared. Appropriate techniques such as elemental analysis, FTIR, XRD, SEM, and EDX were used to verify their structures. Their inhibition potency against all the tested microbes were arranged as: ZnONPs bio-composites 〉 R-BU-Cs hydrogels 〉 R-BU-CsSB hydrogels 〉 Cs. Their inhibition performance against Gram-positive bacteria was better than Gram-negative ones. Their minimum inhibitory concentration (MIC) values decreased as a function of the negative resonance effect of the substituents in the aryl ring of R-BU linkages in the hydrogels. Compared with Vancomycin, the ZnONPs bio-composites showed superior inhibitory effects against most of the tested Gram-negative bacteria, all inspected Gram-positive ones, and all investigated fungi.
    Type of Medium: Online Resource
    ISSN: 2073-4360
    Language: English
    Publisher: MDPI AG
    Publication Date: 2023
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    In: Polymers, MDPI AG, Vol. 15, No. 6 ( 2023-03-20), p. 1529-
    Abstract: A new hydrogel, based on chitosan crosslinked with 2-chlorophenyl-bis(6-amino-1,3-dimethyluracil-5-yl) methane, (2Clph-BU-Cs), has been successfully created. Various instrumental techniques such as elemental analysis, FTIR, SEM, and XRD were used to prove its structure. Its removal efficiency for anionic Congo red (CR) dye under different conditions for industrial wastewater treatment was studied. For optimizing the conditions to maximize CR dye removal, the impacts of temperature, contact time, pH, and initial concentration of the dye on adsorption capacity were investigated. The removal of the dye was pH-dependent, with a much higher value achieved at pH 4 than at pH 7 and 9. The maximum adsorption capacity of the hydrogel was 93.46 mg g−1. The model of adsorption process was fitted to the pseudo-second-order kinetic model. The intraparticle diffusion demonstrated the multi-step nature of the adsorption process. The thermodynamic results showed that the adsorption process was endothermic because of the positive value of enthalpy (43.70 kJ mol−1). The process of adsorption at high temperatures was spontaneous, according to the values of ∆G0. An increase in randomness was seen in the value of ∆S°. Generally, the investigated hydrogel has the potential to be used as a promising effective reusable adsorbent for industrial wastewater remediation.
    Type of Medium: Online Resource
    ISSN: 2073-4360
    Language: English
    Publisher: MDPI AG
    Publication Date: 2023
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