Sol-gel synthesis of thorn-like ZnO nanoparticles endorsing mechanical stirring effect and their antimicrobial activities: Potential role as nano-Antibiotics

Scientific Reports

Volumn 6, Issue , 2016, Pages

  Khan, Mohd Farhan ^a,b   Ansari, Akhter H ^a   Hameedullah, M ^a   Ahmad, Ejaz ^c   Husain, Fohad Mabood ^a,d   Zia, Qamar ^a,b   Baig, Umair ^e   Zaheer, Mohd Rehan ^b   Alam, Mohammad Mezbaul ^d   Khan, Abu Mustafa ^a   Alothman, Zeid A ^d   Ahmad, Iqbal ^a   Ashraf, Ghulam Md ^f   Aliev, Gjumrakch ^g,h,i  

^a ALIGARH MUSLIM UNIVERSITY   (India)

^b Gagan College of Management and Technology (GCMT)   (India)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TOLEDO   (United States)

^d KING SAUD UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

^e KING FAHD UNIVERSITY OF PETROLEUM AND MINERALS   (Saudi Arabia)

^f KING ABDULAZIZ UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

^g GALLY International Biomedical Research Consulting LLC   (United States)

^h University of Atlanta   (United States)

ⁱ INSTITUTE OF PHYSIOLOGICALLY ACTIVE COMPOUNDS   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; METAL NANOPARTICLE; ZINC OXIDE;

BACILLUS SUBTILIS; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CHEMISTRY; DIFFERENTIAL SCANNING CALORIMETRY; DRUG EFFECTS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; HEAT; HUMAN; INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; MECHANICAL STRESS; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TEST; PHASE TRANSITION; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; THERMOGRAVIMETRY; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION; ULTRAVIOLET SPECTROPHOTOMETRY; X RAY DIFFRACTION;

ANTI-INFECTIVE AGENTS; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; CALORIMETRY, DIFFERENTIAL SCANNING; CANDIDA ALBICANS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; HOT TEMPERATURE; HUMANS; METAL NANOPARTICLES; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, TRANSMISSION; PHASE TRANSITION; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY, ULTRAVIOLET; SPECTROSCOPY, FOURIER TRANSFORM INFRARED; STRESS, MECHANICAL; THERMOGRAVIMETRY; ULTRAVIOLET RAYS; X-RAY DIFFRACTION; ZINC OXIDE;

EID: 84976385288     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20452322     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/srep27689     Document Type: Article

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