Catalytic behavior and antibacterial/antifungal activities of new MNPs/zeolite@alginate composite beads

Amel Mekki; Mohammed Hachemaoui; Adel Mokhtar; Ismail Issam; Farid Bennabi; Jibran Iqbal; Khaled Rahmani; Abdelkader Bengueddach; Bouhadjar Boukoussa

doi:10.1016/j.ijbiomac.2021.12.063

Catalytic behavior and antibacterial/antifungal activities of new MNPs/zeolite@alginate composite beads

Int J Biol Macromol. 2022 Feb 15:198:37-45. doi: 10.1016/j.ijbiomac.2021.12.063. Epub 2021 Dec 20.

Authors

Amel Mekki¹, Mohammed Hachemaoui², Adel Mokhtar³, Ismail Issam⁴, Farid Bennabi⁵, Jibran Iqbal⁶, Khaled Rahmani⁷, Abdelkader Bengueddach², Bouhadjar Boukoussa⁸

Affiliations

¹ Département de Génie des Matériaux, Faculté de Chimie, Université des Sciences et de la Technologie Mohamed Boudiaf, BP 1505, El-Mnaouer, 31000 Oran, Algeria.
² Laboratoire de Chimie des Matériaux L.C.M, Université Oran1 Ahmed Ben Bella, BP 1524, El-Mnaouer, 31000 Oran, Algeria.
³ Laboratoire de Chimie des Matériaux L.C.M, Université Oran1 Ahmed Ben Bella, BP 1524, El-Mnaouer, 31000 Oran, Algeria; Département Génie des Procédés, Institut des Sciences et Technologies, Université Ahmed Zabana, 48000 Rélizane, Algeria.
⁴ Department of Chemical Engineering, Khalifa University of Science and Technology, P.O. Box 127788, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates.
⁵ Laboratory of Chemistry, Applied University Centre of Belhadj Bouchaib, N 95, Aïn Témouchent, Algeria.
⁶ College of Natural and Health Sciences, Zayed University, P.O. Box 144534, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates.
⁷ Laboratoire Ecodéveloppement des espaces, Université de Sidi Belabbes, Djilali Lyabes, Algeria.
⁸ Département de Génie des Matériaux, Faculté de Chimie, Université des Sciences et de la Technologie Mohamed Boudiaf, BP 1505, El-Mnaouer, 31000 Oran, Algeria; Laboratoire de Chimie des Matériaux L.C.M, Université Oran1 Ahmed Ben Bella, BP 1524, El-Mnaouer, 31000 Oran, Algeria. Electronic address: bouhadjar.boukoussa@univ-usto.dz.

PMID: 34942209
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijbiomac.2021.12.063

Abstract

In this paper, a new family of composite materials was prepared based on calcium alginate and metal nanoparticle-loaded zeolite omega. Different types of metal nanoparticles (MNPs), namely Cu, Co and Fe, were loaded onto zeolite omega to test the performance of the resulting metal/zeolite@alginate composites towards the catalytic reduction of methylene blue dye. To examine their application field as broadly as possible, these composite beads were also tested as antibacterial and antifungal agents against several types of bacteria. Several techniques such as XRD, XRF, FTIR, XPS, SEM and TGA were used to characterize the samples. The obtained results showed that all the composite bead samples were effective in the reduction of MB dye. The composite Co/Zeolite@ALG with relatively low Co nanoparticle (NP) content was selected as the best performing catalyst due to its reduction of MB dye being completely achieved in 3 min with a rate constant of 1.4 min^-1, which was attributed to its highly porous structure. The reuse tests conducted on the best-performing catalyst showed good results which persisted through five successive cycles. For antibacterial and antifungal activities, the Cu/Zeolite@ALG and Fe/Zeolite@ALG composites showed good activity with significant inhibition zones.

Keywords: Antibacterial and antifungal agents; Catalytic reduction of MB dye; Composites beads.

MeSH terms

Zeolites*

Substances

Zeolites