Polymer Inorganic Nanocomposites: A Sustainable Antimicrobial Agents

Abstract

Certainly there is a vital necessitates to identify such more compounds to present more alternatives to some of the over-used antimicrobial compounds. Some of these new green and/or hybrid composites may reveal antimicrobial efficacy that differ mechanistically from other classical synthetic antimicrobials that being used. Additionally, using green nanotechnology to reduce probable ecological, plant and human health hazards linked with the drug and pesticides industries and use of nano-based agricultural products, and to find more eco-friendly bioactive materials. Biopolymers include plant-derived materials (starch, cellulose, other polysaccharides, proteins), animal products (proteins, polysaccharides), microbial products (polyhydroxybutyrate) and polymers synthesized chemically from naturally derived monomers (polylactic acid, PLA). Uses a combination of active ingredients from polymer inorganic nanocomposites may increase antimicrobial activity, reduce drug and pesticide dose. In the current article, synthesis and characterize a new green and/or hybird polymer inorganic nanocomposites will be reviewed to demonstrate, synthesis characterize, synergistic antimicrobial activity, toxicity and recyclable in soil and water environment, and understood toxicity dynamics of new nanocomposites. As a final point, we will discuss the applications and our future trends on how outlook research should be oriented to contribute in the replacement of synthetic materials with new polymer inorganic nanocomposites.