Copper/Graphene Based Materials Nanocomposites and Their Antibacterial Study: A Mini Review

Nur ‘Afini  Ismail; Kamyar  Shameli; Roshafima  Rasit Ali; Siti Nur Amalina  Mohamad Sukri; Eleen Dayana  Mohamed Isa

doi:10.37934/jrnn.1.1.4452

Authors

Nur ‘Afini Ismail Department of Environmental and Green Technology, Malaysia-Japan International Institute of Technology, Universiti Teknologi Malaysia, Jalan Sultan Yahya Petra, 54100 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Kamyar Shameli Department of Environmental and Green Technology, Malaysia-Japan International Institute of Technology, Universiti Teknologi Malaysia, Jalan Sultan Yahya Petra, 54100 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Roshafima Rasit Ali Centre of Hydrogen, Universiti Teknologi Malaysia, Jalan Sultan Yahya Petra, 54100 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Siti Nur Amalina Mohamad Sukri Department of Environmental and Green Technology, Malaysia-Japan International Institute of Technology, Universiti Teknologi Malaysia, Jalan Sultan Yahya Petra, 54100 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Eleen Dayana Mohamed Isa Department of Environmental and Green Technology, Malaysia-Japan International Institute of Technology, Universiti Teknologi Malaysia, Jalan Sultan Yahya Petra, 54100 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.37934/jrnn.1.1.4452

Keywords:

Copper nanoparticles, graphene based materials, nanocomposites, antibacterial

Abstract

Due to their biocidal activity properties, graphene based materials have been widely studied especially in biomedical, agriculture and water treatment process which focus on mitigating the microbial resistance problem. However, the antibacterial performance of these materials alone are relatively weak and need to be improved in order to enhance their biological activity. Copper nanoparticles is a low cost metal also has the antibacterial properties which is almost similar with the silver and gold nanoparticles. The combination of these two materials had produced to a new potential material as another alternative for the antibacterial agents. Therefore, in this work, a brief review of copper/graphene based material nanocomposites and their antibacterial study was discussed.

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