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Journal of Materials
Volume 2016 (2016), Article ID 3194154, 7 pages
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2016/3194154
Research Article

Fabrication and Antibacterial Effects of Polycarbonate/Leaf Extract Based Thin Films

R. Mahendran,1 D. Sridharan,1 C. Arunmozhidevan,1 T. A. Selvakumar,2 and P. Rajasekar2

1Department of Chemistry, Anjalai Ammal Mahalingam Engineering College, Anna University, Kovilvenni 614 403, India
2Department of Biotechnology, Rajalakshmi Engineering College, Anna University, Thandalam, Chennai 602105, India

Received 22 April 2016; Revised 23 August 2016; Accepted 1 September 2016

Academic Editor: Huan-Tsung Chang

Copyright © 2016 R. Mahendran et al. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.

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