Significance of postgrowth processing of ZnO nanostructures on antibacterial activity against gram-positive and gram-negative bacteria

International Journal of Nanomedicine

Volumn 10, Issue , 2015, Pages 4521-4533

  Mehmood, Shahid ^a   Rehman, Malik A ^a   Ismail, Hammad ^b   Mirza, Bushra ^b   Bhatti, Arshad S ^a  

^a COMSATS Institute of Information Technology ^*  (Pakistan)

^b QUAID I AZAM UNIVERSITY   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

Annealing; Oxygen defects; Oxygen plasma processing; Photoluminescence spectroscopy

Indexed keywords

NANOMATERIAL; NANOWIRE; OXYGEN; ZINC OXIDE; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT;

ANTIBACTERIAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL MODIFICATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIUM; GRAM POSITIVE BACTERIUM; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; NONHUMAN; PHOTOLUMINESCENCE; SPECTROSCOPY; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION; X RAY DIFFRACTION; BACTERIUM; CHEMISTRY; DRUG EFFECTS; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TEST;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; NEGIBACTERIA; POSIBACTERIA; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BACTERIA; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; NANOSTRUCTURES; ZINC OXIDE;

EID: 84937604089     PISSN: 11769114     EISSN: 11782013     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2147/IJN.S83356     Document Type: Article

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