Multi-walled carbon nanotubes/epilson-polylysine nanocomposite with enhanced antibacterial activity

Letters in Applied Microbiology

Volumn 52, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 76-83

  Zhou, J ^a   Qi, X ^b  

^a WUHAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b HUAZHONG AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Antimicrobial activity; Epilson polylysine; Graft; Multi walled carbon nanotubes

Indexed keywords

BIOMEDICAL EQUIPMENT; COUPLING AGENTS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; MULTIWALLED CARBON NANOTUBES (MWCN); YARN;

ANTI-BACTERIAL ACTIVITY; ANTI-MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; COVALENT ATTACHMENT; EPILSON-POLYLYSINE; HEXAMETHYLENE DIISOCYANATE; MULTI-WALLED-CARBON-NANOTUBES; NANO COMPOSITE; POLYLYSINE; SYNTHESISED; UV-VISIBLE SPECTRUM;

NANOCOMPOSITES;

EPSILON POLYLYSINE; HEXAMETHYLENE DIISOCYANATE; MULTI WALLED NANOTUBE; NANOCOMPOSITE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANTIMICROBIAL ACTIVITY; BACTERIUM; CARBON; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FTIR SPECTROSCOPY; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

ANTIBACTERIAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; NONHUMAN; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; ULTRAVIOLET SPECTROSCOPY;

ESCHERICHIA COLI; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

EID: 78650065393     PISSN: 02668254     EISSN: 1472765X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1472-765X.2010.02969.x     Document Type: Article

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