Enhanced bioactivity of Ag/ZnO nanorods-a comparative antibacterial study

Journal of Nanomedicine and Nanotechnology

Volumn 4, Issue 3, 2013, Pages

  Shah, A H ^a   Manikandan, E ^a   Basheer Ahmed, M ^a   Ganesan, V ^b  

^a B S ABDUR RAHMAN CRESCENT INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (India)

^b DEVI AHILYA UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Antibacterial study; Nano ZnO; Silver; Sol gel; Well diffusion

Indexed keywords

NANOROD; SILVER; SILVER ZINC OXIDE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; ZINC OXIDE;

ANTIBACTERIAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRON TRANSPORT; INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; NONHUMAN; PHOTOLUMINESCENCE; RAMAN SPECTROMETRY; SURFACE PLASMON RESONANCE; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; VIBRATION; X RAY DIFFRACTION;

EID: 84878042531     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21577439     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4172/2157-7439.1000168     Document Type: Article

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