Effective antibacterial adhesive coating on cotton fabric using ZnO nanorods and chalcone

Bio-approach: Plant mediated synthesis of ZnO nanoparticles and their catalytic reduction of methylene blue and antimicrobial activity

“…9(a) can penetrate the cell membrane and kill the bacteria [42]. 566 Equivalent antimicrobial results had been also observed from 567 the earlier report on ZnO NPs [43][44][45]. The zone of inhibition 568 increases with the increase in ZnO NPs concentration and 569 decreases the particle size [46].…”

Antimicrobial kinetics of Alstonia scholaris bark extract-mediated AgNPs

“…Then there was a double impact of both ROS and AgNPs on the nucleus of Epi-fluorescent microscopic images of mixed bacterial species isolated from drinking water PVC pipeline a initial-2 h, b 2-4 h, c 4-6 h, d 6-7 h and after during interfacial contact studies in the presence of nanoparticles loaded in nutrient agar medium bacterial cell leads to oxidation of DNA causing the death of the bacterial cell (Venkata Subbaiah et al 2014). Similar results were observed by previous investigators for ZnO nanoparticles (Raghupathi et al 2011;Sivakumar et al 2010).…”

Polydimethyl siloxane nanocomposites: Their antifouling efficacy in vitro and in marine conditions

“…They have also been used in wallpapers in hospitals, and as antimicrobials in creams, lotions and ointments (Martínez et al, 2003). Zinc oxide mixed with chalcone, when used as an adhesive coating on cotton fabric, showed effective antibacterial activity against Staphylococcus aureus, Pseudomonas aeruginosa and Escherichia coli (Sivakumar et al, 2010a).…”