ANTIMICROBIAL ACTIVITY OF GRAPHENE OXIDE-COATED POLYPROPYLENE SURFACES

Lucian Cristian POP; Lucian BAIA; Dan VODNAR; Rodica UNGUR; Lucian BARBU TUDORAN; Monica  BAIA; Klara  MAGYARI; Liviu Cosmin COTET; Gabriel BARTA; Virginia DANCIU

doi:10.24193/subbchem.2022.1.18

Authors

Lucian Cristian POP Faculty of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Department of Chemical Engineering, Babes-Bolyai University, 11 Arany Janos str., RO-400028, Cluj-Napoca, Romania; Institute of Research-Development-Innovation in Applied Natural Sciences, Babes-Bolyai University, 30 Fântânele str., RO-400294, Cluj-Napoca, Romania. https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1778-9226
Lucian BAIA Institute of Research-Development-Innovation in Applied Natural Sciences, Babes-Bolyai University, 30 Fântânele str., RO-400294, Cluj-Napoca, Romania; Faculty of Physics, Babes-Bolyai University, 1 M. Kogălniceanu str., RO-400084 Cluj-Napoca, Romania; Interdisciplinary Research Institute on Bio-Nano-Sciences, Nanostructured Materials and Bio-Nano-Interfaces Center, Babes-Bolyai University, 42 T. Laurian str., RO-400271, Cluj-Napoca, Romania. https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3196-4868
Dan VODNAR Department of Food Science, University of Agricultural Sciences and Veterinary Medicine, 3-5 Calea Mănăştur str., RO-400372, Cluj-Napoca, Romania. https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5407-8071
Rodica UNGUR Department of Medical Rehabilitation, Faculty of Medicine, Iuliu Hatieganu University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Louis Pasteur str., RO-400349 Cluj-Napoca, Romania.
Lucian BARBU TUDORAN Electron Microcopy Center, Faculty of Biology and Geology, Babes-Bolyai University, 1 M. Kogălniceanu str., RO-400084 Cluj-Napoca, Romania; Integrated Electron Microscopy Laboratory, National Research and Development Institute for Isotopic and Molecular Technologies, 67-103 Donat str., RO-400293 Cluj-Napoca, Romania. https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0360-016X
Monica BAIA Institute of Research-Development-Innovation in Applied Natural Sciences, Babes-Bolyai University, 30 Fântânele str., RO-400294, Cluj-Napoca, Romania; Faculty of Physics, Babes-Bolyai University, 1 M. Kogălniceanu str., RO-400084 Cluj-Napoca, Romania. https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6820-2491
Klara MAGYARI Institute of Research-Development-Innovation in Applied Natural Sciences, Babes-Bolyai University, 30 Fântânele str., RO-400294, Cluj-Napoca, Romania; Interdisciplinary Research Institute on Bio-Nano-Sciences, Nanostructured Materials and Bio-Nano-Interfaces Center, Babes-Bolyai University, 42 T. Laurian str., RO-400271, Cluj-Napoca, Romania. https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1770-8454
Liviu Cosmin COTET Faculty of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Department of Chemical Engineering, Babes-Bolyai University, 11 Arany Janos str., RO-400028, Cluj-Napoca, Romania; Institute of Research-Development-Innovation in Applied Natural Sciences, Babes-Bolyai University, 30 Fântânele str., RO-400294, Cluj-Napoca, Romania. https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5306-2414
Gabriel BARTA Department of Food Science, University of Agricultural Sciences and Veterinary Medicine, 3-5 Calea Mănăştur str., RO-400372, Cluj-Napoca, Romania https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5501-2744
Virginia DANCIU Faculty of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Department of Chemical Engineering, Babes-Bolyai University, 11 Arany Janos str., RO-400028, Cluj-Napoca, Romania; Institute of Research-Development-Innovation in Applied Natural Sciences, Babes-Bolyai University, 30 Fântânele str., RO-400294, Cluj-Napoca, Romania. *Corresponding author: virginia.danciu@ubbcluj.ro https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2479-5330

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.24193/subbchem.2022.1.18

Keywords:

graphene materials; polymer; composite; bacterial adherence, antimicrobial activity.

Abstract

Due to its optical, chemical and electronic properties, graphene oxide (GO), among others subtypes of graphene-based materials, has been broadly studied over the past decade. Thanks to its contact-based antimicrobial activity GO represents a good candidate for the construction of materials with antimicrobial properties. Thus, GO’s capability to interact with microbes delivers a prospect to improve textiles designed for usage as personal protective equipment. This paper presents the results concerning the obtain of the GO-impregnated SFM-1 polypropylene membrane, its morpho-structure and antimicrobial activity and adherence on two gram-negative bacteria (E. coli, S. thyphimurium), a gram-positive bacterium (S. aureus) and a yeast (C. albicans). The investigations on the GO-impregnated polypropylene membrane, through Raman spectroscopy, Scanning and Transmission electron microscopy (SEM, TEM), Energy Dispersive X-Ray Analysis (EDX), X-ray diffraction (XRD), and Fourier-transform infrared spectroscopy (FTIR) suggested the successful polypropylene impregnation with GO. The antibacterial tests have shown that all but one of the microorganisms (S. typhimurium) displayed to be susceptible to the antimicrobial activity of the GO material. Bacterial adhesion was also checked to simulate their affinity for the polypropylene surface immediately after impregnation, in this case the best results were observed on the S. aureus strains.

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