Interfacially Interactive Ternary Silver-Supported Polyaniline/Multiwalled Carbon Nanotube Nanocomposites for Catalytic and Antibacterial Activity

Shamkumar P Deshmukh; Ananta G Dhodamani; Satish M Patil; Sajid B Mullani; Krantiveer V More; Sagar D Delekar

doi:10.1021/acsomega.9b02526

Interfacially Interactive Ternary Silver-Supported Polyaniline/Multiwalled Carbon Nanotube Nanocomposites for Catalytic and Antibacterial Activity

ACS Omega. 2019 Dec 26;5(1):219-227. doi: 10.1021/acsomega.9b02526. eCollection 2020 Jan 14.

Authors

Shamkumar P Deshmukh^{1

2}, Ananta G Dhodamani¹, Satish M Patil^{1

3}, Sajid B Mullani¹, Krantiveer V More¹, Sagar D Delekar¹

Affiliations

¹ Department of Chemistry, Shivaji University, Kolhapur 416 001, Maharashtra, India.
² Department of Chemistry, D. B. F. Dayanand College of Arts and Science, Solapur 413 001, Maharashtra, India.
³ Department of Chemistry, Karmaveer Hire Arts, Science, Commerce and Education College, Gargoti, Kolhapur 416 209, Maharashtra, India.

Abstract

Herein, a protocol strategy has been designed for the preparation of ternary silver nanoparticles-supported polyaniline multiwalled carbon nanotube (Ag NPs-PANI/MWCNT) nanocomposites with a chemical interaction for catalytic and antibacterial activity. The morphological study confirmed that Ag NPs were immobilized on the surface of PANI, and afterward, Ag NPs-PANI were mixed with the MWCNTs. The X-ray diffraction technique revealed the face-centered cubic structure of Ag NPs, and the X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy study revealed the chemical constituent and signature of π-π* and C-N interactions in the nanocomposites. The ternary Ag NPs-PANI/MWCNTs nanocomposites have the apparent rate of reaction (K _app) as 5.4 × 10^-3 s^-1, higher than binary nanocomposites for catalytic reduction of 4-nitrophenol to 4-aminophenol at room temperature. Antibacterial activity of Ag NPs-PANI/MWCNT nanocomposites is higher against pathogenic bacteria. Thereafter, because of multifold applications of ternary nanocomposites, they have a broad scope in the field of environmental and healthcare sectors.