Tapioca starch: An efficient fuel in gel-combustion synthesis of photocatalytically and anti-microbially active ZnO nanoparticles

Materials Characterization

Volumn 99, Issue , 2015, Pages 266-276

  Ramasami, Alamelu K ^a   Raja Naika, H ^b   Nagabhushana, H ^b   Ramakrishnappa, T ^a   Balakrishna, Geetha R ^a   Nagaraju, G ^a,c  

^a JAIN UNIVERSITY   (India)

^b TUMKUR UNIVERSITY   (India)

^c SIDDAGANGA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (India)

Author keywords

Anti bacterial activity; Gel synthesis; Photocatalysis; Tapioca starch

Indexed keywords

ABSORPTION SPECTROSCOPY; AROMATIC COMPOUNDS; BACTERIA; COMBUSTION SYNTHESIS; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ELECTRONS; ENERGY GAP; ESCHERICHIA COLI; NANOPARTICLES; PHOTOCATALYSIS; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; STARCH; STRETCHING; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; X RAY DIFFRACTION; ZINC; ZINC OXIDE;

ANTI-BACTERIAL ACTIVITY; ANTIBACTERIAL PROPERTIES; FOURIER TRANSFORM INFRARED SPECTRA; GEL COMBUSTION SYNTHESIS; GEL SYNTHESIS; PHOTO CATALYTIC DEGRADATION; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPIC; TAPIOCA STARCH;

SYNTHESIS (CHEMICAL);

EID: 84920131560     PISSN: 10445803     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.matchar.2014.11.017     Document Type: Article

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