Synthesis and characterization of crosslinked chitosan for effective dye removal antibacterial activity

A novel binary crosslinked material based on chitosan [chit-cl-Poly (AA-co-Am)] has been synthesized through crosslinking employing ceric ammonium nitrate (CAN) initiator under N₂ atmosphere for the effective removal of methyl orange dye as well as antibacterial studies. The synthesized adsorbent was characterized by FT-IR, SEM, XRD and TGA techniques. The effect of various process parameters such as pH, time, adsorption dose, and temperature on the removal of methyl orange was investigated. The isotherm data of the adsorption experiments obey the classical Freundlich adsorption isotherm while the kinetic data followed the pseudo-second-order kinetics. The antibacterial behavior of optimized samples was evaluated by the determination of maximum inhibitor growth of bacteria such as Escherichia coli (E. coli), Staphylococcus aureus and (S. aureus) Pseudomonas aeruginosa (P. aeruginos). The present study provides substantial evidence to prove beyond doubt that material based on chitosan [chit-cl-Poly (AA-co-Am)] seems to have the potential for effective removal of dyes from aqueous streams which can be extended to systems of significant importance.