Synthesis and characterization of bamboo stem porous activated carbon/chitosan/zinc oxide (BSPAC/CS/ZnO) ternary nanocomposite for enhancement of biological activities

We report the synthesis of bamboo stem porous activated carbon/chitosan/zinc oxide (BSPAC/CS/ZnO) ternary composite using co-precipitation method. Subsequently, the synthesized BSPAC/CS/ZnO ternary nanocomposite was confirmed by FT-IR, powder XRD, Raman, FE-SEM, EDAX with elemental mapping, HR-TEM, UV–vis DRS, TGA, XPS and BET surface analysis. The distinctive surface area of composite material has been 55.354 m2/g, effectively illustrated its biological activity towards various gram positive and negative bacteria's by using disc diffusion method. In addition, BSPAC/CS/ZnO showed significant cytotoxicity against MDA-MB-231 (Human breast adeno carcinoma epithelial cell line) in a dose dependent manner and the IC50 value was found that 50.28 μg/mL. These research findings indicated that, BSPAC/CS/ZnO may lead possible application in the field of biomedical.