Zinc oxide nanoparticle and polymer antimicrobial biomaterial composites

Proceedings of the 2010 IEEE 36th Annual Northeast Bioengineering Conference, NEBEC 2010

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages

  Seil, Justin T ^a   Webster, Thomas J ^a  

^a Brown University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBACTERIAL AGENT; ANTIBACTERIAL PROPERTIES; BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; BIOMATERIAL COMPOSITES; CELL DENSITY; COVERSLIPS; CRYSTAL VIOLET; IN-VITRO; NANOSCALE DIMENSIONS; PARTICULATE ZINC; POLYMER COMPOSITE; PURE POLYMERS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; ZINC OXIDE NANOPARTICLES; ZNO; ZNO NANOPARTICLES; ZNO PARTICLES;

BACTERIOLOGY; BIOFILMS; BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS; BIOMATERIALS; CHLORINE COMPOUNDS; POLYMERS; POLYVINYL CHLORIDES; ZINC; ZINC OXIDE;

NANOPARTICLES;

EID: 77953050624     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/NEBC.2010.5458276     Document Type: Conference Paper

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