Visible light photoinactivation of bacteria by tungsten oxide nanostructures formed on a tungsten foil

Applied Surface Science

Volumn 338, Issue , 2015, Pages 55-60

  Ghasempour, Fariba ^a   Azimirad, Rouhollah ^b   Amini, Abbas ^c   Akhavan, Omid ^b  

^a ISLAMIC AZAD UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

^b SHARIF UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Iran)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Antibacterial materials; E. coli; Nanostructures; Photocatalysts; Tungsten oxide

Indexed keywords

ANNEALING; CATALYSTS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; IRRADIATION; LIGHT; NANOCRYSTALLINE MATERIALS; NANORODS; NANOSTRUCTURES; OXIDES; PHOTOCATALYSTS; POTASSIUM HYDROXIDE;

ANTI-BACTERIAL ACTIVITY; ANTIBACTERIAL MATERIALS; ANTIBACTERIAL PROPERTIES; BACTERIAL INACTIVATION; E. COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI BACTERIA; TUNGSTEN OXIDE; VISIBLE-LIGHT IRRADIATION;

TUNGSTEN COMPOUNDS;

EID: 84925359346     PISSN: 01694332     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apsusc.2015.01.217     Document Type: Article

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