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Design, facile synthesis, molecular docking, DNA binding, and cytotoxic activity of polythiophene and polythiophene-titanium(IV) phosphate nanocomposite

  • Umair Baig*
  • , M. A. Gondal
  • , Md Fazle Alam
  • , Mahboob Alam
  • , Waseem A. Wani
  • , Hina Younus
  • *Corresponding author for this work

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Abstract

The present article reports the synthesis of polythiophene-titanium(IV) phosphate nanocomposite (PTh-TiP) by a simple in situ titanium(IV) phosphate assisted chemical polymerization of thiophene. The structure and formation of polymer and its nanocomposite was confirmed by FTIR, XRD, FE-SEM, TEM, and TGA techniques. UV-Visible, fluorescence, and circular dichroism spectrophotometry as well as viscometry and DNA melting studies were used to investigate the DNA binding of PTh and PTh-TiP with calf-thymus DNA. The anticancer activities of these materials against MCF-7 and MDA-MB- 231 cancer cells indicated both PTh and PTh-TiP are moderately active, with the latter being more active than the former.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)243-257
Number of pages15
JournalInternational Journal of Polymeric Materials and Polymeric Biomaterials
Volume66
Issue number5
DOIs
StatePublished - 24 Mar 2017

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  1. SDG 3 - Good Health and Well-being
    SDG 3 Good Health and Well-being

Keywords

  • Cytotoxic activity
  • DNA binding
  • molecular docking
  • polymer
  • polymeric nanocomposite
  • toxicity

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Analytical Chemistry
  • General Chemical Engineering
  • Polymers and Plastics

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