Na Meng, Ninglin Zhou, Shuang-Quan Zhang
Oct 1, 2009
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Applied Clay Science
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Abstract The poly(dimethylsiloxane) (PDMS)/montmorillonite–terbinafine hydrochloride (PDMS/OMMT) nanocomposite films were obtained by solution intercalation. Organo-montmorillonite (OMMT) with antifungal activity was prepared from Na + -montmorillonite (Na + -MMT) and terbinafine hydrochloride (Ter-HCl) by ion exchange. The microstructure of these nanocomposite films were characterized by TEM and XRD. The effect of OMMT on the mechanical properties and thermal stability of the nanocomposites was investigated. When the OMMT content was Candida albicans . The PDMS/OMMT nanocomposite films strongly inhibited the C . albicans .