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MATEC Web of Conferences
Volume 60, 2016
2016 3rd International Conference on Chemical and Biological Sciences
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| Article Number | 03005 | |
| Number of page(s) | 5 | |
| Section | Applied Chemistry | |
| DOI | https://doi.org/10.1051/matecconf/20166003005 | |
| Published online | 08 June 2016 | |
Antibacterial Activity of Cetyltrimethylammonium Bromide Modified Silver-Bentonite
Faculty of Biosciences and Medical Engineering, Universiti Teknologi Malaysia, 81310 UTM, Skudai, Johor, Malaysia
Organo-Ag-bentonite was prepared by the attachment of cationic surfactant cetyltrimethylammonium bromide on silver(A)g-exchanged bentonite. The prepared samples were characterized by X-ray diffraction (XRD), Fourier transform infrared (FTIR) spectroscopy and energy dispersive X-ray (EDX) analysis and antibacterial assay was performed against Escherichia coli in different percentage of saline solutions through minimum inhibition concentration (MIC) method. Organo-Ag-bentonite showed higher antibacterial activity than organo-bentonite and Ag-bentonite especially in saline solution suggesting that the precipitation of AgCl in the presence of Ag-bentonite in saline solution could be avoided by the attachment of cationic surfactant on Ag-bentonite surfaces, hence increased their antibacterial activity.
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