Synthesis, characterization, photocatalytic and antibacterial activities of Ag-doped ZnO powders modified with a diblock copolymer

Powder Technology

Volumn 219, Issue , 2012, Pages 158-164

  Amornpitoksuk, Pongsaton ^a   Suwanboon, Sumetha ^a   Sangkanu, Suthinee ^a   Sukhoom, Ampaitip ^a   Muensit, Nantakan ^a   Baltrusaitis, Jonas ^b  

^a PRINCE OF SONGKLA UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

Author keywords

Antibacterial agent; Diblock copolymer; Photocatalyst; Silver; Zinc oxide

Indexed keywords

AG PARTICLES; ANTI-BACTERIAL ACTIVITY; ANTIBACTERIAL AGENT; ANTIBACTERIAL EFFECTS; DIBLOCK COPOLYMER; METHYLENE BLUE; NANOCRYSTALLINES; PHOTO-CATALYTIC; PHOTOCATALYTIC EFFICIENCY; PINNING EFFECTS; PROPYLENE OXIDE; ROD-LIKE STRUCTURES; SILVER NITRATES; SODIUM HYDROXIDES; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; URCHIN-LIKE; ZINC ACETATE DIHYDRATE; ZNO POWDER;

BACTERIA; BLOCK COPOLYMERS; DOPING (ADDITIVES); ESCHERICHIA COLI; ETHYLENE; GRAIN BOUNDARIES; GRAIN GROWTH; LOADING; PHOTOCATALYSTS; POLYETHYLENE OXIDES; POWDERS; PROPYLENE; SODIUM; ZINC; ZINC COMPOUNDS; ZINC OXIDE;

SILVER;

COPOLYMER; MACROGOL; METHYLENE BLUE; SILVER; SILVER NITRATE; SODIUM HYDROXIDE; ZINC ACETATE; ZINC OXIDE;

AQUEOUS SOLUTION; ARTICLE; BIODEGRADATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; NONHUMAN; PARTICLE SIZE; PHOTOCATALYSIS; POWDER; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; SYNTHESIS;

EID: 84856442730     PISSN: 00325910     EISSN: 1873328X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.powtec.2011.12.032     Document Type: Article

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