Antibacterial epoxy composites with addition of natural Artemisia annua waste

Wu Chun; Yan Yongsi; Wang Yucheng; Sun Ping; Qi Rongrong

doi:10.1515/epoly-2020-0029

e-Polymers (May 2020)

Antibacterial epoxy composites with addition of natural Artemisia annua waste

Wu Chun,
Yan Yongsi,
Wang Yucheng,
Sun Ping,
Qi Rongrong

Affiliations

Wu Chun: School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Frontiers Science Center for Transformative Molecules, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai 200240, China
Yan Yongsi: School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Frontiers Science Center for Transformative Molecules, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai 200240, China
Wang Yucheng: School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Frontiers Science Center for Transformative Molecules, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai 200240, China
Sun Ping: School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Frontiers Science Center for Transformative Molecules, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai 200240, China
Qi Rongrong: School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Frontiers Science Center for Transformative Molecules, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai 200240, China

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/epoly-2020-0029
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 20, no. 1
pp. 262 – 271

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Natural Artemisia annua waste added in epoxy composites at 5 wt% showed excellent antibacterial activity, at 100% and 99.96% against Escherichia coli and Staphylococcus aureus, enhanced mechanical property and stable thermal property.

Published in e-Polymers

ISSN: 1618-7229 (Online)
Publisher: De Gruyter
Country of publisher: Poland
LCC subjects: Technology: Chemical technology: Polymers and polymer manufacture
Website: https://www.degruyter.com/view/j/epoly

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