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RSC ADVANCES
Volume 5, Issue 53, Pages 42506-42515Publisher
ROYAL SOC CHEMISTRY
DOI: 10.1039/c5ra05692f
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- University Grants Commission, Delhi
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In the present study, we report newly synthesized TiO2 and MoO3-TiO2 nanocomposites and chitosan and chitosan-blended MoO3-TiO2 nanocomposite films by sol-gel and solution cast methods, respectively. The synthesized nanocomposite films were characterized by XRD, FT-IR, TG-DTA and FESEM with EDAX. The antibacterial activities of the prepared nanocomposite films were tested against E. coli using the well diffusion method. The photocatalytic activities of the materials were investigated against methyl orange dye as a model organic pollutant under the irradiation of solar light. Furthermore, the mechanical properties (tensile strength and elongation) were determined using a Universal Testing Machine. From the obtained results, it was concluded that the chitosan-blended MoO3-TiO2 nanocomposite film exhibited higher photocatalytic, antibacterial and mechanical properties than the other materials.
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